Hint If Num Lock is off, you can hold down FN and ALT while you type (on the keypad keys) the four-digit code of any Windows character. For example, press FN+ALT+0177 to type “±.” 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. ¬ ‘ ALT GR Unshifted SHIFT To start an application with a hot key (FN+F1 through FN+F12) If an application has been assigned to keys F1 through F12, then it has a hot-key assignment . A hot key sequence is a shortcut to start a function or program.
• Press and hold FN, and simultaneously press the function key (F1 to F12) for the assigned application. Of course, you can always start an application by selecting it in Windows. The usual Windows methods work for all applications, whether they have hot key assignments or not. To use a FN key FN is the “key” to hot-key assignments. You can easily set up a hot function key (F1 through F12) for any application present on your OmniBook—then press FN together with that key to start the application from Windows. The function keys, labeled F1 through F12, are on the top row of the keyboard.
Their FN functions are shown by small icons above the keys—and you can print and insert a new icon-label strip that shows other applications you assign to the FN function keys. Fn+F1 Fn+F2 Fn+F3 Fn+F4 Fn+F5 Start Explorer HP User Tools Status Panel OmniBook User's Guide You can use the FN+function-key combination to start an application or switch to a running application at any time—even if you’re working in another application. • Certain FN+function key combinations are predefined (but redefinable). They are labeled with symbols above the F1 through F5 keys. To set up a shortcut key sequence (FN key) 11