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User's Manual The Keyboard 5-1
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Tecra 8100 User's Manual – 8100_UK.DOC – ENGLISH – Printed on 13/12/99 as IM8100UK
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’s
keyboard layout your computer is configured with. Keyboards for
numerous languages are available. These optional international keyboard
layouts are illustrated in Appendix D, Keyboard Layouts .
There are five types of keyboard keys: light grey keys, function keys, dark
grey keys, soft keys and overlay keys for keypad entry and cursor control.
Light grey keys
The grey keys, like standard 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.