Using the keyboard – HP ENVY Rove 20-k121us Mobile All-in-One Desktop PC User Manual

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Using the keyboard

With the keyboard, you can type to select items and perform the same functions as you do by using
touch gestures. The keyboard also allows you to use action keys to perform specific functions.

TIP:

The Windows logo key

on the keyboard allows you to quickly return to the computer Start

screen from an open app or the Windows desktop. Pressing the Windows logo key again will return
you to the previous screen.

NOTE:

Depending on the country or region, your keyboard may have different keys and keyboard

functions than those discussed in this section.

Component

Description

(1)

fn

key

Executes frequently used system functions when pressed in combination with
an action key.

(2)

Windows logo key

Returns you to the Start screen from an open app or the Windows desktop.

Pressing the key again returns you to the previous screen.

(3)

Action keys

Perform common tasks.

(4)

Windows application key Displays options for a selected object.

(5)

Volume keys

Mute or restore speaker sound, and decrease or increase speaker volume
incrementally as long as you hold down the key.

(6)

Integrated

numeric

keypad

Set at the factory to function like an external numeric keypad. To alternate
between this numeric function and the navigational function (indicated by the
directional arrows on the keys), press the

num lock

key.

(7)

Sleep key

Initiates Sleep, which saves your information in the system. The display and
other system components turn off and power is conserved.

To exit Sleep, briefly press the power button.

CAUTION:

To reduce the risk of information loss, save your work before

initiating Sleep.

WARNING!

If a critical battery level occurs while the computer is in the

Sleep state, the computer initiates Hibernation and the information stored is
saved to the hard drive.

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