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Learning the Basics
Using the keyboard
Using the keyboard
Your computer's keyboard contains character keys, control keys,
function keys, and special Windows
functionality of a full-size keyboard.
(Sample Illustration) Keyboard
Character keys
Typing with the character keys is very much like typing on a
typewriter, except that:
❖
The space bar creates a space character instead of just passing
over an area of the page.
❖
The lowercase letter l (el) and the number 1 are not
interchangeable.
❖
The uppercase letter O and the number 0 are not
interchangeable.
Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard
Although your computer's keyboard layout is compatible with a
standard full-size keyboard, it includes fewer keys.
A standard full-size keyboard includes two
editing keys; cursor positioning keys; and a numeric keypad.
Your computer's keyboard includes only one
time, this does not matter. However, some programs assign separate
functions to the regular and numeric pad
keyboard. Using the
follows: Press
on the numeric pad of the enhanced keyboard. Pressing the
simultaneously in combination with one of the specially marked
keys allows you to emulate a full-size keyboard.
key, you can simulate the separate key, as
Fn
and
simultaneously to simulate the
Fn
Enter
®
keys, providing all the
,
Enter
Ctrl
key. Most of the
Enter
Enter
keys on the full-sized
, and
keys;
Alt
key
Enter
Fn
key
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