Function Keys - Gateway Solo 5100 User Manual

18 Using Your Solo 5100 Multimedia Notebook

Function keys

Press the <Fn> key together with one of the following keys (with blue letters) to get
these specific functions:
Key Combination
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Description
Displays the power status display for the Popup
Status Display program in the upper left corner of
the desktop. Press the key combination again to
make the display disappear.
Toggles between the LCD display, external moni-
tor, both displays at the same time, or NTSC/PAL
as the active display.
Places the system in Standby mode. Press any
button or key on the keyboard to resume using
your notebook.
Places the system in Suspend mode. Press the
power button to resume power to the notebook.
Makes temporary changes to the power manage-
ment (PM) mode settings by toggling the settings
from Savings, Perform, Disabled, and Custom.
The changed setting is displayed each time the
button is pressed. To view the settings without
changes, use the Fn+F2 combination. After
about 30 seconds, the display disappears.
Enables the Pad Lock function, so you can
access the embedded numeric keypad. The Pad
Lock LED stays lit while this function is enabled.
Press the key combination again to make the dis-
play disappear.
In some programs you can scroll through large
volumes of text. The Scroll Lock LED stays lit as
long as this function is enabled.