5-8 User’s Manual
The Keyboard
Numeric mode
To turn on Numeric Mode, press Fn + F11 - the Numeric Mode indicator
lights and you are able to access numeric characters by using the keys.
You are able to press Fn + F11 again to turn off this overlay function.
The numeric keypad overlay
Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)
While using the overlay, you can temporarily access the normal keyboard
functions without having to turn the overlay off:
1. Hold Fn and press any other key - this key will operate as if the overlay
were off.
2. Type upper-case characters by holding Fn + Shift and pressing a
character key.
3. Release Fn to continue using the selected overlay function.
Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)
While using the normal keyboard function, you can temporarily use the
keypad overlay without having to turn it on:
1. Press and hold down Fn.
2. Check the keyboard indicators as pressing the Fn key will turn on the
most recently used overlay function - if the Numeric Mode indicator
lights you can use the overlay for numeric entry, while if the Arrow Mode
indicator lights, you can use the overlay for cursor and page control
function.
3. Release Fn to return to normal keyboard operation.