number keys. Hold FN if you want to type letters. (Press NUM LOCK again to return these keys to their original functions, so they again type the normal alphabet.) Setting Up Shortcut Keys You can set up shortcuts for documents and programs—see the Windows online Help. If you set up a shortcut, you can also set up a shortcut key for it—in the shortcut property sheet, use the Shortcut Key option on the Shortcut tab. Here are a few tips: • If external FN-key operation is enabled for an external keyboard, then FN is equivalent to CTRL+ALT and can be used in a shortcut key. To check the current status, press FN+F2, then use the Input/Output menu External Devices command.
• If external FN-key operation is enabled, you shouldn’t create shortcut keys for FN (CTRL+ALT) combined with top-row function keys marked with gold-colored symbols, such as FN+F2. The OmniBook reserves these combinations for system actions—they won’t perform the shortcut actions. • If external FN-key operation is disabled, you can’t use the FN key in a shortcut, but you can use CTRL+ALT with all top-row function keys. If your keyboard has an ALT GR key to the right of the spacebar, you hold that key to type the characters printed at the bottom-right corners of keys. For keys that have four characters, hold SHIFT and ALT GR to type the upper-right characters.
SHIFT+ALT GR Unshifted SHIFT ALT GR To turn off the OmniBook • Press the On/Off button. When you turn the OmniBook “off,” power to the computer’s memory is maintained while the rest of the system is turned off. So when you press On/Off to switch the OmniBook on again, the last screen you had displayed pops up, all ready for you to resume. What’s more, any other applications you had running are still present, too. A Word to the Wise You can turn off your OmniBook without saving the files you’re working on and have everything there waiting when you come back. But it’s a good idea to save all open files before turning the computer off.
This is especially important if the OmniBook will be idle for a long time—after several weeks without recharging, it’s possible for the battery to self-discharge to a level low enough that the memory loses power and unsaved data is lost. (See “To store the OmniBook” .) Automatic Turn-Off 10 é ö ö é