Acer Aspire V5-561G - Manual (Page 14)

14 - Using the keyboard
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SING THE KEYBOARD
The keyboard has full-sized keys and a numeric keypad, separate
cursor, lock, Windows, function and special keys.
Lock keys and numeric keypad
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
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, text on the screen moves one
line up or down when you press the up or down arrow
keys. Scroll Lock does not work with most
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.