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Toshiba Portege 7140 User Manual

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Portege 7140CT User's Manual – 7140_UK.doc – ENGLISH – Printed on 20/12/99 as IM_714UK

Chapter 5: The Keyboard

.......................................................... 5-1

Typewriter keys......................................................................................5-1
F1…F12 function keys...........................................................................5-2
Soft Keys: Alt Gr Key Combinations....................................................5-2

The euro symbol ................................................................................5-2

Soft keys: Fn key combinations ...........................................................5-3

Emulating keys on enhanced keyboard.............................................5-3
Hot keys.............................................................................................5-4
Windows 95/98 special keys .............................................................5-6
Emulating Fn key on external keyboard.............................................5-6

Keypad overlay ......................................................................................5-6

Turning on the overlays .....................................................................5-6
Arrow mode........................................................................................5-6
Numeric mode ...................................................................................5-7
Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on) ...............................5-7
Temporarily using overlay (overlay off) ..............................................5-8
Temporarily changing modes.............................................................5-8

Generating ASCII characters................................................................5-8

Chapter 6: Power and Power-Up Modes

.................................. 6-1

Power conditions ..................................................................................6-1
Power indicators ...................................................................................6-2

Battery indicator.................................................................................6-2
DC IN indicator ..................................................................................6-2
Power indicator ..................................................................................6-3

Battery types ..........................................................................................6-3

Battery pack.......................................................................................6-3
Real Time Clock battery.....................................................................6-4

Care and use of the battery pack .........................................................6-4

Safety precautions .............................................................................6-4
Charging the batteries .......................................................................6-5
Monitoring battery capacity ................................................................6-6
Maximising battery operating time .....................................................6-7
Retaining data with power off.............................................................6-7
Extending battery life .........................................................................6-8

Replacing the battery pack ...................................................................6-8

Removing the battery pack ................................................................6-8
Installing the battery pack ................................................................6-10

Starting the computer by password ..................................................6-10

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