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4 Using your desktop

Using the keyboard(optional)

The gaming keyboard has several types of keys and buttons. It features blue- backlit characters on every key, 18 programmable G keys, convenient media control buttons, Macro button, separate cursor keys, and 12 function keys that takes care of your everyday keyboarding and gaming requirements.

 

 

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Item

Description

 

 

 

1

USB ports

Plug USB gaming devices to these ports.

 

 

 

2

Multimedia keys

Allow you to conveniently play, pause, stop,

 

 

advance or rewind a song or movie using your

 

 

keyboard.

 

 

A volume control dial allows you to increase or

 

 

decrease the volume.

 

 

 

3

Backlight key

Toggles the backlight key on or off.

 

 

 

4

Indicators

Show if the Num Lock, Caps Lock, or Scroll lock

 

 

keys are activated. Press the corresponding keys

 

 

to activate the function.

 

 

 

5

Function keys

Lets you perform specific functions, depending

 

(F1 - F12)

on the application that uses them.

 

 

 

6

Numeric keypad

Press these keys to type numbers when Num

 

 

Lock is turned on.

 

 

 

7

Cursor keys

Also called the arrow keys, let you move the

 

 

cursor around the screen. They serve the same

 

 

function as the arrow keys on the numeric

 

 

keypad when the Num Lock is toggled off.

 

 

 

8

Application/Shortcut

This key has the same effect as clicking the right

 

key

mouse button; it opens the application's

 

 

context menu.

 

 

 

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Acer G7710 SERIES manual Using the keyboardoptional