22 - Using The Keyboard; Lock Keys; Special Keys - Acer TravelMate B3 User Manual

22 - Using the keyboard

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

Lock keys

The keyboard has lock keys which you can use to turn keyboard
functions on and off.
Lock key
Caps Lock
Num Lock

Special keys

Your computer's keyboard includes keys that activate special
functions. The function of each key is clearly marked with an icon.
Icon
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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.
Function
Sleep
Flight mode
Brightness down Decreases the screen brightness.
Brightness up
Refresh
Display toggle
Description
Puts the computer in Sleep mode.
Turns on / off the computer's network
devices.
Increases the screen brightness.
Refreshes the web browser.
Switches display output between the
display screen, external monitor (if
connected) and both.