Toshiba U600D User Manual

User ’s Manual

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The computer’s keyboard layouts are compatible with a 101/102-key enhanced 
keyboard. By pressing some keys in combination, all the 101/ 102-key keyboard 
functions can be executed on the computer.

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, keypad overlay, function keys, soft 
keys, Windows® special keys, and cursor control 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:

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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.

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The lowercase l (el) and the number 1 (one) are not interchangeable on 
computers as they are on a typewriter.

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The uppercase O (oh) and the 0 (zero) are not interchangeable.

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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.

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The Shift keys, the Tab key, and the BackSpace key perform the same 
function as their typewriter counterparts but also have special computer 
functions.