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  2. Function key - Wikipedia

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    A function key is a key on a computer or terminal keyboard that can be programmed to cause the operating system or an application program to perform certain actions, a form of soft key. [1] On some keyboards/computers, function keys may have default actions, accessible on power-on. A 104-key US English keyboard layout with the function keys in ...

  3. Table of keyboard shortcuts - Wikipedia

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    Alt+Space then S [notes 10] then Arrow Keys and ↵ Enter (to save new size) Alt+F3 then S then Arrow Keys: Alt+F8 then Arrow Keys / Alt+Right Mouse Button [notes 11] Ctrl+x, then ^ vertically Alt+] (snap window to right half of screen), Alt+[(snap window to left half of screen) Keep window always on top Ctrl+Alt+Esc (toggles on/off) Hide the ...

  4. F-Lock - Wikipedia

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    The F-Lock key on a Microsoft keyboard. The F-Lock key, introduced by Microsoft in 2001, [1] toggles the state of the function keys. When on, keys F1 to F12 behave as applicable, with meanings defined by the application being used at the time. When off, new behaviour is used: F5 means "open", F10 means "spell" etc.

  5. Fn key - Wikipedia

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    The majority of portable computer manufacturers today (including HP, Dell, and Samsung) currently place the Fn key between the left Control key and the left Windows key, making it the second key from the left on the bottom row of the keyboard. This usually means that the Control key is reduced in size, but allows it to remain in the lowest-left ...

  6. Lock key - Wikipedia

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    On these devices, a Fn modifier key is used to combine keys to save room and add non-standard functionality; a common use is merging the row with keys F1- F12 with keys that adjust settings such as display brightness, media volume and playback, and keyboard illumination. Fn Lock toggles the default output of these keys.

  7. Safe mode - Wikipedia

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    Also, in a multi-boot environment with multiple versions of Windows installed side by side, the F8 key can be pressed at the OS selector prompt to get to safe mode. However, under Windows 8 (released in 2012), the traditional press-F8-for-safe-mode-options UI convention no longer works, and either Shift-F8 or a special GUI-based workaround is ...

  8. Menu key - Wikipedia

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    In computing, the menu key (≣ Menu), or application key, is a key with the primary function to launch a context menu with the keyboard rather than with the usual right-mouse button. [1] It was previously found on Microsoft Windows -oriented computer keyboards and was introduced at the same time as the Windows logo key .

  9. HP 2640 - Wikipedia

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    The keyboard used a bit-paired layout (similar to that on a teleprinter machine) rather than the typewriter-paired arrangement on DEC's VT100. Although large, users loved the keyboard because "it had a key for everything". Similar to the HP desktop computers, it had a number of F-keys (F1 through F8) placed close to the screen.