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Ctrl, fn, and alt keys, Function keys, Ctrl, fn, and alt keys function keys – Toshiba PORT User Manual

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Learning the Basics

Using the keyboard

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Your computer’s keyboard has only one

Enter

and one

Ctrl

key.

Most of the time this doesn’t matter. However, some
programs assign separate functions to the right and left

Ctrl

and

Alt

keys, or to the regular and numeric pad

Enter

keys on

the full-sized keyboard. Using the

Fn

key you can simulate

these separate keys, as follows:

Press

Fn

and

Ctrl

simultaneously to simulate the

Ctrl

key on

the right side of the enhanced keyboard.

Press

Fn

and

Enter

simultaneously to simulate the

Enter

key

on the numeric pad of the enhanced keyboard.

Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys

Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys

The

Ctrl

,

Fn

, and

Alt

keys do different things depending on the

program you are using. For more information, see your
program documentation.

Function keys

The function keys (not to be confused with the

Fn

key) are the

12 keys at the top of the keyboard.

Function keys

F1

through

F12

are called function keys because they execute

programmed functions when pressed. Used in combination
with the

Fn

key, function keys marked with icons execute

specific functions on the computer. For more information, see

“Fn-esse” on page 149

, or

“Hot Keys” on page 210

.

Alt

Ctrl

Fn

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