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Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on), Temporarily using overlay (overlay off) – Toshiba Portege R200 (PPR20) User Manual

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PORTÉGÉ R200

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The Keyboard

Numeric mode

To turn on the Numeric mode, press Fn + F11. The Numeric mode indicator

lights. Now try numeric data entry using the keys shown in the figure below.

Press Fn + F11 again to turn off the overlay.

The numeric keypad overlay

Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)

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

without turning off the overlay:
1. Hold Fn and press any other key. All keys will operate as if the overlay

were off.

2. Type upper-case characters by holding Fn + Shift and pressing a

character key.

3. Release Fn to continue using the overlay.

Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)

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

overlay without turning it on:
1. Press and hold down Fn.
2. Check the keyboard indicators. Pressing Fn turns on the most recently

used overlay. If the Numeric mode indicator lights, you can use the

overlay for numeric entry. If the Arrow mode indicator lights, you can

use the overlay for cursor and page control.

3. Release Fn to return to normal keyboard operation.