Using the Keyboard
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Using the Keyboard
Your keyboard is very similar to a typewriter’s, but the keyboard has additional keys that perform specific
Escape Key | Function keys | Print Screen key Correction keys |
Backspace key
Shift key |
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| Fn key |
| Alt key | Numeric keypad area | Navigation keys | ||||||||||||||||
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| Windows key |
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Key | Description |
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Numeric keypad | Contains the keys found on a typical calculator. | |||||||||||||||||||||
area | Use the numeric keypad area to type numbers or | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| to perform mathematical calculations such as | |||||||||||||||||||
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| addition and subtraction. Note that you must | |||||||||||||||||||
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| press the Num Lock key to activate the numeric | |||||||||||||||||||
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| keypad. (When you do so, the Num Lock light | |||||||||||||||||||
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Navigation keys | Several keys are devoted to moving the cursor on | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| the screen (the four arrow keys which also | |||||||||||||||||||
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| function as the Home, End, Page Up, and Page | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Down keys). |
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Correction keys | The Insert, Back Space, and Delete keys enable | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Function keys | The 12 function keys along the top of the keyboard | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| are used to perform designated tasks. For | |||||||||||||||||||
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| example, in many applications, F1 is the Help key. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The task associated with each function key may | |||||||||||||||||||
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Escape key | The Esc (Escape) key is used to cancel commands. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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