User’s Manual 5-1
TECRA M5
Chapter 5

The Keyboard

The computer’s keyboard layouts are compatible with a 101/102-key
enhanced keyboard. By pressing some keys in combination, all the 101/
102-key keyboard functions can be executed on the computer.
The number of keys on your keyboard depends on which country/region’s
keyboard layout your computer is configured with. Keyboards for numerous
languages are available.
There are six types of keys: typewriter keys, function keys, soft keys, Hot
keys, Windows special keys and keypad overlay.

Typewriter keys

The typewriter keys produce the upper- and lower-case letters, numbers,
punctuation marks, and special symbols that appear on the screen.
There are some differences, however, between using a typewriter and
using a computer keyboard:
■Letters and numbers produced in computer text vary in width. Spaces,
which are created by a “space character,” may also vary depending on
line justification and other factors.
■The lowercase l (el) and the number 1 (one) are not interchangeable on
computers as they are on a typewriter.
■The uppercase O (oh) and the 0 (zero) are not interchangeable.
■The Caps Lock function key locks only the alphabetic characters in
uppercase while the shift lock on a typewriter places all keys in the
shifted position.
■The Shift keys, the Tab key, and the BkSp (backspace) key perform
the same function as their typewriter counterparts but also have special
computer functions.