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Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on), Temporarily using overlay (overlay off), Temporarily changing modes – Toshiba Qosmio G20 (PQG21) User Manual

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User’s Manual

The Keyboard

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.

Temporarily changing modes

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

mode by pressing a shift key.
If the computer is in Arrow mode, you can switch temporarily to Numeric

mode by pressing a shift key.