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Character keys
Typing with the character keys is very much like typing on a
typewriter, except that:
❖
The spacebar 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.
❖
The
case — the number and symbol keys are not affected.
Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard
Although your computer's keyboard layout is compatible
with a standard full-size keyboard, it has fewer keys.
A standard full-size keyboard has two
editing keys, cursor positioning keys, and a numeric keypad.
Pressing the
of the specially marked keys allows you to emulate a full-size
keyboard.
Your computer's keyboard has only one
Most of the time this doesn't matter. However, some
programs assign separate functions to the right and left
and
Alt
the full-sized keyboard. Using the
these separate keys, as follows:
❖
Press
the right side of the enhanced keyboard.
❖
Press
on the numeric pad of the enhanced keyboard.
key changes only the alphabet keys to upper
Caps Lock
key simultaneously in combination with one
Fn
keys, or to the regular and numeric pad
and
simultaneously to simulate the
Fn
Ctrl
and
Fn
Enter
Learning the Basics
Using the keyboard
Fn
simultaneously to simulate the
,
, and
Enter
Ctrl
and one
Enter
Enter
key you can simulate
Ctrl
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keys,
Alt
key.
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