Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety and comfort
- First things first
- Your Acer notebook tour
- Using the keyboard
- Touchpad
- Recovery
- Power management
- Battery pack
- Traveling with your computer
- Securing your computer
- Acer Theft Shield
- Wireless networks
- Using a Bluetooth connection
- Acer Converter Port
- HDMI
- Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- BIOS utility
- Frequently asked questions
- Requesting service
- Tips and hints for using Windows 8
- Three concepts you might want to keep in mind
- How do I access the charms?
- How do I get to Start?
- How do I jump between apps?
- How do I turn off my computer?
- Why is there a new interface?
- How do I unlock my computer?
- How do I personalize my computer?
- I want to use Windows in the way that I'm used to - give me my desktop back!
- Where are my apps?
- What is a Microsoft ID (account)?
- How do I add a favorite to Internet Explorer?
- How do I check for Windows updates?
- Where can I get more information?
- Troubleshooting
- Regulations and safety notices
Using the keyboard - 29
USING THE KEYBOARD
The keyboard has full-sized keys and a numeric keypad, separate cursor,
lock, Windows, function and special keys.
Lock keys and embedded numeric keypad
Note: Information in this section may not apply to your computer.
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Lock key Description
Caps Lock
When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed
are in uppercase.
Num Lock
When Num Lock is on, the keypad is in numeric mode.
The keys function as a calculat
or (complete with the
arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use this mode when
you need to do a lot of numeric data entry.
Scroll Lock
<Fn> +
<F12>
When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or
do
wn when you press the up or down arrow keys
respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some
applications.
Hotkeys
The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most of the
computer's controls like screen brightness and volume output.