Using The Keyboard - Acer Aspire Z1620 Service Manual

Using the Keyboard

The keyboard is powered by one AAA battery. If battery power is low, the icon
(Figure 1-6)
Figure 1-6. Keyboard
The keyboard has three lock keys which can be toggled on and off. (Table 1-6)
Table 1-6. Keyboard Lock Keys
Lock key
Caps Lock When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are in uppercase.
Num Lock When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric mode. The keys
function as a calculator (complete with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /).
Use this mode when doing a lot of numeric data entry.
Scroll Lock When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or down when the up or
down arrow keys are pressed respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with
some applications.
The keyboard also contains a numeric keypad which can be toggled on and off by enabling or
disabling the Num Lock key. Table 1-7 shows function with Num Lock key on and off.
Table 1-7. Numeric Keypad
Desired function
Number keys on numeric
keypad
14
Num Lock on
Type numbers in a normal
manner.
Description
Num Lock off
Navigate the screen by using Home,
PgUp, PgDn, End, Ins, Del and arrow
keys.
will illuminate.