Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Started

Using the keyboard

The keyboard has several different types of keys and buttons. Your keyboard also has status indicators that show which keyboard feature is active.

Audio playback buttons

 

Function keys

 

 

 

Indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows key

Windows key

Navigation keys

 

Application key

Numeric keypad

Feature

Description

 

 

Function keys

Press these keys to start program actions. Each program

 

uses different function keys for different purposes. See the

 

program documentation to find out more about the

 

function key actions.

Audio playback

Press these buttons to play your audio files and adjust the

buttons

volume.

 

 

Indicators

These turn on if your NUM LOCK, CAPS LOCK, or SCROLL LOCK key

 

is activated. Press the corresponding key to activate.

Windows keys

Press one of these keys to open the Windows Start menu.

 

These keys can also be used in combination with other keys

 

to open utilities like F (Find/Search), R (Run), and

 

E (Computer).

 

 

Application key

Press this key to access shortcut menus and help assistants

 

in Windows.

Navigation keys

Press these keys to move the cursor to the beginning of a

 

line, to the end of a line, up the page, down the page, to

 

the beginning of a document, or to the end of a document.

 

 

Numeric keypad

Press these keys to type numbers when the numeric keypad

 

(NUM LOCK) is turned on.

 

 

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