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Chapter 5: the keyboard, Typewriter keys, Chapter 5 – Toshiba Portege M800 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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The Keyboard

Chapter 5

The Keyboard

The computer's keyboard layouts are compatible with a 101/102-key

enhanced keyboard. By pressing some keys in combination, all the 101/

102-key keyboard functions can be executed on the computer.
The number of keys on your keyboard depends on which country/region’s

keyboard layout your computer is configured with. Keyboards for numerous

languages are available.
There are six types of keys: typewriter keys, keypad overlay, function keys,

soft keys, Windows

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special keys, and cursor control keys.

Typewriter keys

The typewriter keys produce the upper- and lower-case letters, numbers,

punctuation marks, and special symbols that appear on the screen.
There are some differences, however, between using a typewriter and

using a computer keyboard:

Letters and numbers produced in computer text vary in width. Spaces,

which are created by a "space character," may also vary depending on

line justification and other factors.

The lowercase l (el) and the number 1 (one) are not interchangeable on

computers as they are on a typewriter.

The uppercase O (oh) and the 0 (zero) are not interchangeable.

The Caps Lock function key locks only the alphabetic characters in

uppercase while the shift lock on a typewriter places all keys in the

shifted position.

The Shift keys, the Tab key, and the BackSpace key perform the same

function as their typewriter counterparts but also have special computer

functions.