Temporarily Changing Modes - Toshiba Satellite T210D Series User Manual

Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)
While using the overlay, you can temporarily access the normal keyboard
functions without having to turn the overlay off:
1. Hold down FN key and press any other key - this key will operate as if
the overlay were off.
2. Type upper-case characters by holding down FN + SHIFT and pressing
a character key.
3. Release FN key to continue using the selected overlay function.
Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)
While using the normal keyboard function, you can temporarily use the
keypad overlay without having to turn it on:
1. Hold down FN key and the keyboard will turn on the most recently used
overlay function.
2. Release FN key to return to normal keyboard operation.

Temporarily changing modes

If the computer is in Numeric Mode, you can switch temporarily to Arrow
Mode by pressing a SHIFT key, while if it is in Arrow Mode, you can switch
temporarily to Numeric Mode by also pressing a SHIFT key.
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Figure 5-3 The numeric keypad overlay
(Satellite/Satellite Pro/PORTÉGÉ T230/T230D)
The Keyboard
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