Using the keyboard, Lock keys, Hotkeys – Acer Aspire E1-771 User Manual

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14 - Using the keyboard

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SING

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KEYBOARD

The keyboard has full-sized keys and an separate numeric keypad,
separate cursor, lock, Windows, function and special keys.

Lock keys

The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.

Hotkeys

The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most
of the computer's controls like screen brightness and volume output.
To activate hotkeys, press and hold the <Fn> key before pressing the
other key in the hotkey combination.

Lock key

Description

Caps Lock

When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters
typed are in uppercase.

Num Lock

<Fn> + <F11>

When Num Lock is on, the keypad is in numeric
mode. The keys function as a calculator (complete
with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use this
mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data
entry.

Scroll Lock

<Fn> + <F12>

When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line
up or down when you press the up or down arrow
keys respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with
some applications.

Hotkey

Icon

Function

Description

<Fn> + <F3>

Airplane mode

Turns on / off the
computer's network
devices.

(Network devices vary by
configuration.)

<Fn> + <F4>

Sleep

Puts the computer in Sleep
mode.

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