Using Keyboard
Your computer, equipped with the Windows enhanced keyboard, provides all the
functionality of a full-sized desktop keyboard.
Special Keys
Windows Key
Application Key
System Function Keys
When pressed together with the Fn key, function keys set specific system parameters.
This combination is sometimes referred to as "hot keys".
Fn + F1 (
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Fn + F3 (
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Fn + F4 (
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Fn + F5 ( )
Fn + F6 (
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Fn + F7 (
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Fn + F8 (
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Fn + F10 ( )
Fn + F11 ( )
Fn + F12 ( )
Opens the Windows start menu.
Opens an application-specific short-cut menu.
Equivalent to right-clicking.
Turns the wireless LAN antennas on and off
Decreases the audio volume
Increases the audio volume
Rotates display mode between the LCD only, an external
monitor only, and both (when connecting an external monitor)
Decreases the LCD screen brightness
Increases the LCD screen brightness
Maximizes the LCD screen brightness
Returns to the previous status when pressed again
Stops the battery warning beep (This key combination does not
work for Windows battery warning beep)
Turns the LCD screen on and off
Forces your computer into System standby/System
hibernate/Shut down
(See Power Management of Chapter 3 for more information.)
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