Fold The Type Cover Back; Close The Type Cover; Use The Touchpad; Use The Keyboard - Microsoft Type Cover Quick Start Manual

Fold the Type Cover back

Fold the Type Cover back behind the screen
to use your Surface as a tablet. Your Surface
won't detect key presses while it's folded.
To type text while the Type Cover is folded,
tap the screen anywhere you can type and
the touch keyboard appears.

Close the Type Cover

The Type Cover protects the screen when you aren't using it. The screen turns off automatically
when you close the Type Cover. When you open it again, press the power button on your Surface
to wake it.
Note
Closing the Type Cover turns off your Surface screen only if your Type Cover and Surface are
the same size. If your Type Cover and Surface are different sizes, press the power button on your
Surface when you close it to save power.

Use the touchpad

The Type Cover touchpad has right-click and left-click buttons, and it supports gestures. .

Use the keyboard

Special keys and function keys

Type Covers have shortcut keys for common tasks like searching, playing audio or video, and
more. The keys that appear on your Type Cover vary and depend on what model you have.
The keys on the top row of the Type Cover double as function keys when you hold down the Fn
key while pressing a top-row key. The Fn keys also works in combination with other keys to do
certain things.