Special Keys on the Keyboard

Certain keys on your keyboard serve special functions when your computer is running MS-DOS or application programs. The following illustration shows the keyboard layout, and the table that follows describes the special keys.

 

main character keys

cursor

numeric

 

 

 

keys

keypad

Key functions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K e y

 

Purpose

 

 

 

 

 

Tab It

 

Moves the cursor one tab to the right in normal

Tab +I

 

mode and one tab to the left in Shift mode.

 

 

 

 

Caps Lock

 

Changes the letter keys from lower- to

 

 

 

uppercase; changes back to lowercase when

 

 

pressed again. The numeric/symbol keys on

 

 

the top row of the keyboard and the symbol

 

 

keys in the main part of the keyboard are not

 

 

affected.

 

 

 

 

 

Shift

 

Produces uppercase characters or the top

 

 

symbols on the keys when used with the main

 

 

character keys. Produces

lowercase

 

 

 

characters when the Caps Lock function is on.

 

 

 

Ctrl

 

Works with other keys to perform special

 

 

(control) functions, such as editing operations

 

 

in MS-DOS and various application programs.

 

 

 

 

 

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