Toshiba Tecra A4 (PTA42) - Manual (Page 87)

User’s Manual 5-7
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 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 uppercase characters by holding Fn + Shift and pressing a char-
acter 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.