User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE 1700-300

[. . . ] Copyrighted material can be reproduced only for personal use or use within the home. Any other use beyond that stipulated above (including conversion to digital format, alteration, transfer of copied material and distribution on a network) without the permission of the copyright owner is a violation of copyright or author's rights and is subject to civil damages or criminal action. Please comply with copyright laws in making any reproduction from this manual. Please note that you may infringe the owner's rights protected by the copyright laws if you use the screen mode switching functions (e. g. [. . . ] The number of keys on your keyboard depends on which country/region's keyboard layout your computer is configured with. Keyboards for numerous languages are available. There are six types of keys: Typewriter keys, Function keys, Soft keys, Hot keys, Windows® special keys and Keypad overlay. Typewriter keys The typewriter keys produce the upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and special symbols that appear on the screen. There are some differences, however, between using a typewriter and using a computer keyboard: Letters and numbers produced in computer text vary in width. Spaces, which are created by a "space character, " may also vary depending on line justification and other factors. The lowercase l (el) and the number 1 (one) are not interchangeable on computers as they are on a typewriter. The uppercase O (oh) and the 0 (zero) are not interchangeable. The CAPS LOCK function key locks only the alphabetic characters in uppercase while the shift lock on a typewriter places all keys in the shifted position. The SHIFT keys, the TAB key, and the BACK SPACE key perform the same function as their typewriter counterparts but also have special computer functions. Never remove the key caps on your keyboard. Doing so could cause damage to the parts under the key caps. User's Manual 5-1 T110/T130 F1 . . . The keys in the centre of the keyboard with gray letters make up the numeric keypad overlay. The overlay provides the same functions as the numeric keypad on the 104/105-key enhanced keyboard described previously. Turning on the overlays Arrow Mode To turn on Arrow Mode, press FN + F10 - the Arrow Mode indicator lights and you are able to access cursor and page control functions by using the keys. You are able to press FN + F10 again to turn off this overlay function. Numeric Mode To turn on Numeric Mode, press FN + F11 - the Numeric Mode indicator lights and you are able to access numeric characters by using the keys. You are able to press FN + F11 again to turn off this overlay function. The numeric keypad overlay 5-6 User's Manual T110/T130 Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on) While using the overlay, you can temporarily access the normal keyboard without turning off the overlay: 1. All keys will operate as if the overlay were off. Type upper-case characters by holding FN + SHIFT and pressing a character key. Release FN to continue using the overlay. Temporarily using overlay (overlay off) While using the normal keyboard function, you can temporarily use the keypad overlay without having to turn it on: 1. Check the keyboard indicators as pressing the FN key will turn on the most recently used overlay function - if the Numeric Mode indicator lights you can use the overlay for numeric entry, while if the Arrow Mode indicator lights, you can use the overlay for cursor and page control function. Release FN key 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, while if it is in Arrow Mode, you can switch temporarily to Numeric Mode by also pressing a SHIFT key. Generating ASCII characters Not all ASCII characters can be generated using normal keyboard operation. But, you can generate these characters using their ASCII codes. Using the overlay keys, type the ASCII code. [. . . ] Non-volatile here means that information in ROM remains whether or not the computer is receiving power. This type of memory is used to store your computer's BIOS, which is essential instructions the computer reads when you start it up. Compare RAM. S S/P DIF: A standard of digital interface for audio. SCSI: Small Computer System Interface is an industry standard interface for connection of a variety of peripheral devices. [. . . ]