Using the Keyboard
Your computer, equipped with the Windows enhanced keyboard, provides all the
functionality of a full-sized desktop keyboard.
Special Keys
Windows Key
2
Application Key
System Function Keys
When pressed together with the Fn key, function keys set specific system parameters.
This combination is sometimes referred to as "hot keys".
Fn + F1
Fn + F3
Fn + F4
Fn + F5
Fn + F6
Fn + F7
Fn + F8
Fn + F10
Fn + F11
Fn + F12
2-6
Opens the Windows start menu.
Opens an application-specific short-cut menu
equivalent to right-clicking.
Turns the wireless LAN antenna on and off
Decreases the audio volume
Increases the audio volume
Rotates display mode between the LCD only, an external monitor
only, and both (when connecting an external monitor)
Decreases the LCD screen brightness
Increases the LCD screen brightness
Maximizes the LCD screen brightness
Returns to the previous status by pressing them again
Stops the battery warning beep (This key combination does not
work for Windows battery warning beep)
Turns the LCD screen on and off
Forces the computer into System standby/System hibernate/Shut
down
(See Power Management of Chapter 3 for more information.)