Sony VAIO PCV-70 User Manual page 111

Computer Basics
Description
Key
The twelve function keys along the top of the keyboard
Function keys
are used to perform designated tasks. For example, in
many applications, FI is the Help key. The task
associated with each function key may vary from one
application to the next.
The ESC (Escape) key is used to cancel commands
Escape key
The PRINT SCREEN key takes an electronic snapshot of
Print Screen key
the screen and places it in the Windows Clipboard. You
can then paste the screen shot into a document and print
it.
Operator keys Several keys are always used with at least one other key:
CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT. When held down with another
key, the CTRL (Control) and ALT (Alternate) keys offer
another way to give commands. For example, in many
applications, instead of choosing the Save command
from a menu, you can hold down CTRL and press S
(referred to as CTRL+S). The SHIFT key operates the
same way as on a typewriter; it's used to produce capital
letters or special symbols such as @ and $.
The keys with the Windows logo display the Windows
Windows 95 keys
95 Start menu; it's the equivalent of clicking the Start
button on the taskbar. The Applications key displays a
shortcut menu of context-sensitive choices; pressing this
key is the equivalent of clicking the right mouse button.
The keyboard also has three lights;
Light On
Num Lock The number keys on the
numeric keypad
are active.
Letters appear in
Cap Lock
uppercase as you type.
The SHIFT key lowers
the case of typed letters
when Cap Lock is on.
The screen scrolls
Scroll Lock
differently. (Exactly
how it scrolls depends on
the specific application. It
has no effect in many
applications.)
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Off
The arrow keys, navigation
keys, and correction keys on
the keypad are active.
Letters appear in lower case
as you type (unless you hold
down the SHIFT key).
Information moves across the
display normally.