Using your notebook

Using the keyboard

Sony Notebook User Guide

 

 

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Keys

Descriptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Escape key

The Esc (Escape) key is used to cancel commands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Screen key

The Print Screen key takes an electronic snapshot of the screen and

 

 

places it in the Windows Clipboard. You can then paste the screen shot

 

 

into a document and print it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operator keys

Several keys are always used with at least one other key: Ctrl, Alt, and

 

 

Shift. When held down with another key, the Ctrl (Control) and Alt

 

 

(Alternate) keys offer another way to give commands. For example, in

 

 

many applications, instead of choosing the Save command from a menu,

 

 

you can hold down Ctrl and press S (referred to as Ctrl+S). The Shift key

 

 

is used to produce capital letters or special symbols such as @ and $.

 

 

 

 

Windows® key

The key with the Windows® logo displays the Windows® Start menu;

 

 

it’s the equivalent of clicking the Start button on the task bar. See

 

 

 

 

 

Combinations and functions with the Windows® key for further

 

 

 

 

details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fn key

The Fn key is used in combination with other keys to issue commands.

 

 

See Combinations and functions with the Fn key.