CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook

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Using the keyboard

Tips & Tricks

You can attach an external keyboard to the notebook using a USB port. You do not need to shut down the notebook to connect a USB keyboard.

Your notebook features a full-size keyboard that functions the same as a desktop computer keyboard. Many of the keys have been assigned alternate functions, including shortcut keys for Windows, function keys for specific system operations, and the Num Lock keys for the numeric keypad.

Function keys/ System keys

Numeric

keypadNavigation keys

FN key

Arrow keys

Windows key

Application key

Key types

The keyboard has several different types of keys. Some keys perform specific actions when pressed alone and other actions when pressed in combination with another key.

Key type

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Description

 

 

 

 

 

Function

 

 

 

Press these keys labeled F1 to F12 to perform actions in programs. For example,

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pressing F1 may open help.

 

 

 

 

Each program uses different function keys for different purposes. See the program

 

 

 

 

documentation to find out more about the function key actions.

 

 

 

 

 

System keys

 

 

 

Press these colored keys in combination with the FN key to perform specific actions.

 

 

 

 

For more information, see “System key combinations” on page 19.

 

 

 

 

 

Navigation

 

 

 

Press these keys to move the cursor to the beginning of a line, to the end of a line, up

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

 

 

 

 

 

Arrow keys

 

 

 

Press these keys to move the cursor up, down, right, or left.

 

 

 

 

 

Application

 

 

 

Press this key for quick access to shortcut menus and help assistants in Windows.

 

 

 

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Windows

 

 

 

Press this key to open the Windows Start menu. This key can also be used in

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combination with other keys to open utilities like F (Search utility), R (Run utility), and

 

 

 

 

E (Explorer utility).

 

 

 

 

 

FN key

 

 

 

Press the FN key in combination with a colored system key to perform a specific action.

 

 

 

 

 

Numeric

 

 

 

Use these keys to type numbers when the numeric keypad is turned on. Press FN+ 1

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to turn on the numeric keypad.

 

 

 

 

 

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