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Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on), Temporarily using overlay (overlay off), Temporarily changing modes – Toshiba Satellite Pro S750 User Manual

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User’s Manual

5-6

The Keyboard

Figure 5-1 The numeric keypad overlay

Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)

While using the overlay, you can temporarily access the normal keyboard

functions without having to turn the overlay off:
1. Hold down FN key and press any other key - this key will operate as if

the overlay were off.

2. Type upper-case characters by holding down FN + SHIFT and pressing

a character key.

3. Release FN key to continue using the selected overlay function.

Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)

While using the normal keyboard function, you can temporarily use the

keypad overlay without having to turn it on:
1. Hold down FN key.
2. Check the keyboard indicators as pressing the FN key will turn on the

most recently used overlay function - if the Numeric Mode indicator

lights you can use the overlay for numeric entry, while if the Arrow Mode

indicator lights, you can use the overlay for cursor and page control

function.

3. Release FN key to return to normal keyboard operation.

Temporarily changing modes

If the computer is in Numeric Mode, you can switch temporarily to Arrow

Mode by pressing a SHIFT key, while if it is in Arrow Mode, you can switch

temporarily to Numeric Mode by also pressing a SHIFT key.