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| From | BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops |
| Subject | Re: The Fn key |
| Date | 2011-11-09 20:43 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <j9fdo5$ren$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <j9falo$cla$1@dont-email.me> |
On 11/9/2011 7:51 PM, Cameo wrote:
> I am using my laptop with an external USB keyboard which does not have
> the Fn key the laptop's keyboard has and uses together with other keys
> for some control functions. Anybody knows if there is a key combo on the
> regular keyboard that can act as the laptop's Fn key?
Even if you have an external keyboard with a Fn key, it still won't
work. I am using a Visento v1 with a Fn key right now and it won't
operate any of the laptops Fn hotkeys. Although it uses the Fn key for
its own special functions like Explorer, Search, Calculator, email,
home, etc.
So if there is a way, I never found one yet. Things like sleep, mute,
volume up or down, etc. are doable with some external keyboards. But
things like brightness, Bluetooth on/off, WiFi on/off, switch monitor,
etc. you're stuck with the internal keyboard.
Once I was using this Visento external wireless keyboard with one of
these 17 inch laptops and the keyboard is almost the same size as the
internal one. And I got a crazy idea. And I thought how cool would it be
if a laptop manufacture made a laptop with a pull out wireless keyboard?
Heck I would think a lot of people would go for that one. ;-)
--
Bill
Alienware M9700 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
AMD Turion 64 ML37 2GHz - 2GB - Two GeForce Go 7900GS 256MB SLI
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The Fn key Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-09 17:51 -0800
Re: The Fn key BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-09 20:43 -0600
Re: The Fn key Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 04:33 -0800
Re: The Fn key wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-12 09:40 +0000
Re: The Fn key Pen <nospam@spam.none> - 2011-11-09 22:15 -0500
Re: The Fn key Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 09:14 -0800
Re: The Fn key BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-10 12:50 -0600
Re: The Fn key Leonjvr <Leonjvr.53g9tq@no.email.invalid> - 2011-11-18 08:16 -0600
Re: The Fn key wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-19 23:05 +0000
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