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Apple Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) User Manual

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Chapter 3

Using Your Apple Pro Keyboard and Apple Pro Mouse

You can quickly adjust settings such as volume or eject CD or DVD discs using the keyboard
controls.

Your Apple Pro Keyboard has “hot” function keys that you can set up to open your frequently
used applications or documents. For example, you can use hot function keys to open your
Web browser, word processor, or favorite game. Once applications are open, you can use the
hot function keys to switch quickly between them.

Assigning Hot Function Keys

Assigning an application to a function key is simple. The first time you press one of the
function keys, a dialog box appears that lets you assign any of the function keys to an
application. After that, you can change function key assignments using the Keyboard
control panel.

Using the Standard Function Keys

You can quickly change a key from a control or hot function key to a standard function key by
pressing that key and the Fn key at the same time. You can also use the Keyboard control
panel to reverse the keys so that the standard function keys are primary and the screen
controls and hot function keys are secondary.

Function keys

Volume Down key

Volume Up key

Mute key

Media Eject key