Temporarily Using Overlay (Overlay Off); Temporarily Changing Modes; Generating Ascii Characters - Toshiba Satellite M40 User Manual

Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)

While using the normal keyboard, you can temporarily use the keypad
overlay without turning it on:
1. Press and hold down Fn.
2. Check the keyboard indicators. Pressing Fn turns on the most recently
used overlay. If the Numeric mode indicator lights, you can use the
overlay for numeric entry. If the Arrow mode indicator lights, you can
use the overlay for cursor and page control.
3. Release Fn to return to normal keyboard operation.

Temporarily changing modes

If the computer is in
Arrow mode
If the computer is in
Numeric mode

Generating ASCII characters

Not all ASCII characters can be generated using normal keyboard
operation. But, you can generate these characters using their ASCII codes.
With the overlay on:
1. Hold down Alt.
2. Using the overlay keys, type the ASCII code.
3. Release Alt, and the ASCII character appears on the display screen.
With the overlay off:
1. Hold Alt + Fn.
2. Using the overlay keys, type the ASCII code.
3. Release Alt + Fn, and the ASCII character appears on the display
screen.
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Numeric mode
by pressing a shift key.
Arrow mode
by pressing a shift key.
, you can switch temporarily to
, you can switch temporarily to
The Keyboard
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