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VAIO 505 SuperSlim Notebook User Guide

Using the Keyboard

Your keyboard is very similar to a typewriter’s, but the keyboard has additional keys that perform specific computer-related tasks.

Escape Key

Function keys

Print Screen key

Correction keys

Shift key

 

Fn key

Ctrl key

 

 

Fn key

Applications key

 

 

Alt key

 

 

Windows 98 key

Numeric keypad area

Navigation keys

Keys

Descriptions

Numeric keypad

Contains the keys found on a typical calculator.

area

Use the numeric keypad area to type numbers or

 

to perform mathematical calculations such as

 

addition and subtraction. Note that you must

 

press the Num Lock key to activate the numeric

 

keypad. (When you do so, the Num Lock light

 

will be on.)

 

 

Navigation keys

Several keys are devoted to moving the cursor on

 

the screen (the four arrow keys which also

 

function as the Home, End, Page Up, and Page

 

Down keys).

 

 

Correction keys

The Insert, Back Space, and Delete keys enable

 

you to make corrections in your documents.

 

 

Function keys

The twelve function keys along the top of the

 

keyboard are used to perform designated tasks.

 

For example, in many applications, F1 is the Help

 

key. The task associated with each function key

 

may vary from one application to the next.

 

 

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Sony PCG-505TS, PCG-505TX manual Using the Keyboard, Keys Descriptions

PCG-505TS, PCG-505TX specifications

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