Toshiba Portege Z10T-A - Manual (Page 66)

Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)
While using the overlay, you can temporarily access the normal keyboard
functions without having to turn the overlay off:
1.
Hold down FN key and press any other key - this key will operate as if
the overlay were off.
2. Type upper-case characters by holding down FN + SHIFT and
pressing a character key.
3. Release FN key to continue using the selected overlay function.
Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)
While using the normal keyboard function, you can temporarily use the
keypad overlay without having to turn it on:
1.
Hold down FN key and the keyboard will turn on the most recently
used overlay function.
2. Release FN key to return to normal keyboard operation.
Temporarily changing modes
If the computer is in Numeric Mode, you can switch temporarily to Arrow
Mode by pressing a SHIFT key, while if it is in Arrow Mode, you can
switch temporarily to Numeric Mode by also pressing a SHIFT key.
Generating ASCII characters
Not all ASCII characters can be generated using normal keyboard
operation, but you are able to generate these characters using their
specific ASCII codes.
1.
Hold down ALT with the overlay on or ALT + FN with overlay off.
2. Using the overlay keys, type the ASCII code of the character you
require.
3. Release ALT or ALT + FN - the ASCII character will appear on the
display screen.
Touch keyboard
Touch keyboard is an on-screen virtual keyboard allowing you to type on
the touch screen. Touch keyboard provides a full-size keyboard, a thumb
keyboard with keys split on either side of the screen and it can also switch
to a handwriting panel.
To use the touch keyboard, tap in an area where you can type. The
keyboard will open automatically.
To manually open the touch keyboard, please follow either of the below:
In the Settings charm, click Keyboard -> Touch keyboard and
handwriting panel.
Click the keyboard icon (
) in the taskbar of your Windows
desktop.
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