Toshiba portege m400 Manual De Usuario

PORTÉGÉ M400

Chapter 5

The Keyboard

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, 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:

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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 BkSp (backspace) key perform 
the same function as their typewriter counterparts but also have special 
computer functions.