Toshiba SATELLITE P500 User Manual

User’s Manual

5-1

The Keyboard

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 five types of keys: typewriter keys, 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.