Setup Menus, Controls, and Indicators

Keyboard Controls

This section describes keys on the 102/103-key, 104-key, and 122-key keyboards that control functions associated with the display.

Alt –Simultaneously press the Alt key and any other key to activate functions specified on the front key face. Only keys with labeled front faces have alternate functions.

Shift –Press and hold the Shift key and press any key with a shifted function on the keytop to activate that shift function.

Reset –Press the Reset key to restore keyboard operations after an error condition, to end character insertion in Insert mode, or to terminate a printer identification sequence before all characters have been entered.

Change Screen – Press the Change Screen key to toggle between sessions. The Change Screen key does not work with all controllers. In Emulation mode, if the Change Screen key does not function, press and hold the Alt key while you press the Insert key. If the Change Screen key does not function in Native mode, press and hold the Alt key while you press the PA2 key.

PA3 – The PA3 key is an additional function key. It does not work with all controllers. The PA3 key does not function in Emulation mode.

Shift Function

Key Top

 

 

Nonshift Function

 

Alt Function

Key Face

Figure 3-1. Keyboard Key Functions

Note: On some international keyboards, the Alt function is located on the top right quadrant of the key.

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IBM 1483DSV manual Keyboard Controls, Keyboard Key Functions