–or– To temporarily turn on the embedded keypad, hold Fn while typing a key. Status panel icons show the status of the embedded keypad and Num Lock. Hint Typing numbers. Consider leaving Num Lock on all the time. Then, when you want to use the embedded keypad on your built-in keyboard, turn it on (by pressing Fn+F8), or press Fn before each keypad key. To use the Alt Gr key Non-US keyboards have an Alt Gr key to the right of the spacebar. This is a shift key providing access to certain keyboard characters. • For a character in the lower-right corner of a key, press and hold the ALT GR to type the character.
• For a character in the upper-right corner of a key, press and hold SHIFT and ALT GR to type the character. ALT GR Unshifted SHIFT Checking the Status of the OmniBook • To interpret the status lights. • To interpret the status panel indicators. To interpret the status lights The OmniBook also has status lights that report power status and drive activity. When the CD-ROM / floppy disk drive is installed in the module bay, the following lights are present on the front of the OmniBook. 1. Floppy disk drive light Ё Steady green light. Floppy disk is being read from or written to. 18 ¬ ‘