Using The Keyboard; Lock Keys; Hotkeys - Acer Extensa User Manual

16 - Using the keyboard

The keyboard has full-sized keys and a separate numeric keypad,
separate cursor, lock, Windows, function and special keys.

Lock keys

The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Lock key
Caps Lock
Num Lock
Scroll Lock
<Fn> + <F12>

Hotkeys

The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most
of the computer's controls like screen brightness and volume output.
To activate hotkeys, press and hold the <Fn> key before pressing the
other key in the hotkey combination.
Hotkey
<Fn> + <F3>
<Fn> + <F4>
U
S I N G T H E K E Y B O A R D
Description
When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters
typed are in uppercase.
When Num Lock is on, the keypad is in numeric
mode. The keys function as a calculator (complete
with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use this
mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data
entry.
When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up
or down when you press the up or down arrow keys
respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some
applications.
Icon Function
Airplane mode
Sleep
Description
Turns on / off the computer's
network devices.
(Network devices vary by
configuration.)
Puts the computer in Sleep
mode.