Our article today is dedicated to laptops, or more precisely to the Fn button on a laptop. Many people ask quite natural questions related to this key. After reading this topic, you will learn what the Fn key is for and where it is, how to turn Fn on or off. In general, everything about this mysterious Fn button is here.

In the modern world, laptops, netbooks, ultrabooks are firmly in our lives. They are multifunctional, compact, and practical. Many who switched from a computer to a laptop will never return to bulky PCs. Laptops can be used everywhere: in transport, at home, on the street, in other public places. To improve this versatility of laptops, the Fn key is needed. Let's try to answer many popular questions related to this button. But first things first.

Where is the Fn button on the keyboard?

The Fn key in almost all laptops is located in the same place - this is the lower left corner of the keyboard. For various popular brands of electronics, such as HP, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Samsung, LG, the Fn key has taken a permanent place on the keyboard. The only difference for some is whether this button is located before or after the Ctrl key. This location of this key is very convenient for users.

The location of the Fn key to the left of the Ctrl button
The location of the Fn key on a laptop to the right of the Ctrl button

What is the Fn key for and how does it work?

So, let's tell you why this button is created and how it works. The name of the Fn key itself comes from the first vowels of the word F u n ction. On your laptop keyboard, you may see keys that have symbols and lettering in a different color. Mostly it is red or blue. And such keys are called keys quick access. With their help, you can control the media player on your laptop, work with screen brightness and battery saving modes, enable or disable wireless network access, and adjust the volume. You can also put your laptop into sleep mode. All these functions will only work in combination with the Fn key.

Fn key on Lenovo laptop

It is difficult to answer the question where and what combination for each individual device. Each brand of laptop has different shortcut keys. But the principle of their operation is absolutely the same for all major brands HP, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Samsung, LG. And they differ slightly. I will describe the functionality of the Fn button for Lenovo laptop.

So, holding down the Fn button in combination with hot keys, we get:

• Fn+F1 - puts the computer into sleep mode.
• Fn+F2 - turn on/off the monitor.
• Fn+F3 - switches the display to the connected monitor or projector module.
• Fn+F4 - monitor extension.
• Fn+F5 - enable wireless communication modules: wireless network adapters, Bluetooth.
• Fn+F6 - enable/disable the touchpad - laptop mouse.
• Fn+F9, Fn+F10, Fn+F11, Fn+F12 - work with the media player - resume/pause, stop, track back, track forward, respectively.
• Fn+Home - pause in media files.
• Fn+Insert - enable/disable Scroll Lock.
• Fn+up arrow/down arrow - increase/decrease monitor brightness.
• Fn+left arrow/right arrow - decrease/increase volume for media players.

As you can see, the functionality of our key is very great; knowledge of these combinations will allow you to use your computer keyboard very effectively without resorting to a mouse.

How to enable or disable the Fn key?

In order to enable or disable the Fn key on a laptop, you can use several methods. The first method is to use the Fn+NumLock key combination. Pressing these keys simultaneously will disable the Fn button, pressing again will activate the key. This method may not work on all laptops.

In some cases, the Fn key is enabled or disabled through Bios. To do this, you need to enter Setup Utility, then go to System Configuration and in the Action Keys Mode tab turn off Disabled or enable Enabled given Fn function.

If the Fn key does not work on a laptop

If the above two methods do not work or the Fn key does not work at all. Then you need to use programs for the Fn key. You can find a great variety of such programs on the Internet. To make it easier to decide which programs are suitable for your brand of laptop, we suggest you familiarize yourself with a short list of such programs.

For Samsung laptops - Easy Display Manager (the disk with the program is included with the laptop). This program is in free access on the Internet.

For Sony laptops, you should use the following programs - Sony Shared Library, Setting Utility Series, Vaio Event Service, Vaio Control Center.

For Toshiba laptops - Hotkey Utility, Value Added Package, Flash Cards Support Utility.

Also used for many laptops universal program Magic Keyboard.

Drivers for the Fn key

If your button still does not work, then you should check the drivers for your keyboard, or more precisely for the Fn key. Such “firewood” should come with the laptop (be sure to check it when purchasing), or you can download it from the Internet. Download from the Internet from the official pages of laptop manufacturers. So on the official websites there are Fn button drivers for Sony, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, DNS, Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, LG.

ASUS laptop keyboard keys, today on the Bakznak.ru blog, for novice users. The laptop keyboard is slightly different from a simple keyboard in that some of its buttons have been added

functions that are typical only for laptop computers.

On all laptops, regardless of the manufacturer, these functions are assigned to the top row F1-F12. Plus there is an additional Fn button, located in the very bottom row, on the left, immediately behind the CTRL key.

This key is (called) functional and is used just for our case, that is, to activate additional functions laptops.

Activation is done by simultaneously pressing the combination of buttons Fn+F1-F12 and those that are intended to call other functionality. By the way, if you have on your laptop operating system windows 7. Don't forget to brush up on your knowledge by reading the article about how to quickly shut down your computer.

ASUS laptop keyboard function keys

I think it’s clear to you why the laptop is from this particular company, because I have a “beech” of this exact brand. And also because after purchasing a computer from this company, I spent a long time running on the Internet to find information on the functionality of its keyboard.

There is no description on this topic in the instruction manuals for these portable computers. Maybe they think that this is not so important, but I have a different opinion, and to be honest, I “miss” the good old days when, together with consumer electronics, Tolmud went through operation and identification of the most common breakdowns and their causes.

For clarity, I made a picture that clearly shows all the keys that we will talk about.

• Fn+F1 - Puts the computer into sleep mode and returns to working condition.
• Fn+F2-Enables/Disables network adapter wireless wi-fi networks laptop.
• Fn+F5-Decreases monitor brightness.
• Fn+F6-Increase the brightness of the monitor.
• Fn+F7-Turn on and turn off the monitor.
• Fn+F8 - Allows you to switch to an external display, and the display can be turned on on both at the same time or on only one.
• Fn+F9-Turn off/on the touchpad, touch screen for using a laptop without a mouse.

Other keys for sound control:

• Fn+F10-Turn off the sound.
• Fn+F11-Reduce sound.
• Fn+F12-Increase the sound.

There are also two more important buttons on the keyboard, they are located in the penultimate row, if you count from the bottom. These are also special function keys:

1. Fn+V - designed to turn on/off the built-in Web camera of a laptop.
2. Fn+C - Which controls another important function, and “Splendid Video Intelligent Technology” itself.

This technology improves the image laptop screen, in depending on specific working conditions.

Thus, we have looked at the “special” function keys of the ASUS laptop keyboard. But in order for all these buttons to work, you need to install the driver package that comes with this and other laptop computers. On this positive note, I want to end this interesting and necessary topic, but I also “have to suggest YOU read” about how to turn off the computer using the keyboard keys. And for those who found this information useful, don’t forget to press the Twitter button when leaving. So that your friends can also gain this knowledge. Bye bye.

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How to use the keyboard?

Keyboard - multifunctional device, and not just the way text is printed. Although few people know that it can completely replace a mouse. So, we will tell you how to use the keyboard.

What can your keyboard do?

In the upper left corner is the Esc key, which is used to cancel a previous action or exit programs. Next to it is a well-ordered row of function keys (from F1 to F12). They allow you to perform certain tasks, for example:

• F3 is used to activate the search function;
• F5 in browsers refreshes the page;
• F11 in browsers takes the page to full screen mode etc.

Learning to use the keyboard is easy. For example, immediately below these buttons are number keys. Next to them you can also see several symbols (for example, near the number 3 - No. and #). Symbols are obtained by simultaneously pressing modifier keys (Shift, Ctrl and Alt). For example, a question mark is produced by pressing Shift+7.

The central keys of your keyboard are letters, Russian and Latin. The language is switched by pressing Ctrl+Shift or Shift+Alt.

Delete what is printed using the Backspace or Delete buttons. The spacebar is obtained by pressing the longest button at the bottom. To go to the next line or send text to a search engine, press Enter. Caps Lock will only allow you to type in capital letters. Print Screen takes a screenshot that you can paste into Word document or Paint.

How to use a keyboard instead of a mouse?

If you need to know how to use a keyboard without a mouse, then we hasten to assure you that there is nothing complicated here. In Control Panel, go to " Accessibility", where you need to check the box next to "Enable pointer control from the keyboard" (this is the subsection "Changing mouse settings").

IN text file or in the browser you can print text using the following keys:

• Ctrl+V to paste;
• Ctrl+C to copy;
• Ctrl+X to cut;
• Ctrl+Z to undo actions.

In the browser, you can close the current window by pressing Alt+F4, and go through the tabs by pressing Ctrl+Tab. The task manager can be opened by pressing Esc+Ctrl+Shift. IN dialog boxes The mouse click is replaced by pressing Enter. Tab navigates through window parameters. You can uncheck or uncheck a menu by pressing the space bar.

How to use a wireless keyboard?

A wireless keyboard allows you to control your PC from a distance or without annoying wires. To connect to the USB connector of the system unit, insert the receiver (a small device) that comes with the keyboard. Most often, modern accessories do not require driver installation. But if to wireless keyboard CD is included, install the driver from it.

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One of critical devices, used to enter information, is a computer keyboard, which has its own characteristics. Any PC user needs to know them. Especially for beginners who are just starting to get acquainted with electronics. The PC BIOS has a special software for keyboard operation. With its help, commands and alphabetic and digital data are stored in the memory of the computer processor.

The keyboard has a layout (Russian YTSUKEN and English QWERTY), similar to the one found on typewriters. Each key has several characters to switch them, change the keyboard case, there are Alt keys+ Shift and Ctrl + Shift. In addition to letters, the device has special keys that allow you to enter commands when pressed in combination. Most often, these are Ctr, Shift, Alt, Delete. They are called service keys and are located close to the keys with letters and numbers, namely to the right and left of them.

In addition to the already mentioned keys that a computer keyboard has, we can talk about the following. Caps Lock - for fixing capital letters, Insert - for replacing and inserting characters, Home and End are designed to move the cursor to the beginning of the line or to its end, and others.

To duplicate the main panel, there are additional number keys located to the right of it; to turn them on, use the Num Lock key. The activation of the additional keyboard is indicated by a lit LED at the top. In addition, the computer keyboard allows you to launch context menu using a special key that functions in the same way as right button mice. Moreover, the context menu will correspond to the program you open. To launch the menu that contains the Start button, there are two Windows buttons on the keyboard. At the top, above the alphanumeric keys, the computer keyboard contains function keys, which allow you to execute commands in combination with other keys.

Having familiarized yourself with the main functions of the keyboard, you can consider its characteristics; they must be taken into account when choosing a device in the store. If you have to work at a computer for a long time, you need to minimize fatigue. Therefore, the keyboard must be ergonomic and easy to use. When assessing the properties of a computer keyboard, one must take into account the size of the keys, the design of the device, its tilt, and the absence of glare.

Among the varieties offered by electronics stores, we can distinguish wired and wireless devices. The latter operate on batteries and have a USB receiver that connects directly to the computer. A radio channel is used to provide wireless communication. Such keyboards are convenient to use not only with desktop computers, but also with laptops. Wireless communication can operate at a distance of up to ten meters. Wireless models are produced, for example, by Genius. For the convenience of entering data onto a tablet or iPad, keyboards are available for connecting to the device using Bluetooth.

Acer laptop keyboard key assignments Today I’ll tell you about this and more on a blog for beginner users.
Hi all! I decided to dedicate this short article to another popular internet site. Acer laptop. It all started with the fact that Yandex quite often began to “send” “alien” visitors to me.
The visitor was interested in the answer to a question Acer laptop keyboard, and he, with enviable persistence, sends them to the article keyboard and. So on the first day of 2015, I decided to correct his mistake.
Moreover, my sister uses exactly Acer laptop, with whom I often have to “communicate” in cases of his refusal.

So I'll probably start with photo of the Aser keyboard itself, because the location of some service and additional keys he is not in his usual place.

Acer laptop key assignments

Below is a breakdown of the so-called Acer laptop shortcuts:

Fn+F1-Shows help for shortcut keys;
Fn+F2-Acer eSetting;
Fn+F3-Acer ePower Management;
Fn+F4-standby mode;
Fn+F5-display switch (to display or external monitor);
Fn+F6-turn off the screen to save power;
Fn+F7-turn on/off the touchpad (touch panel);
Fn+F8-turn on/off the built-in speaker of the laptop;
Fn+-increasing sound level;
Fn+ ↓— reduction of sound level;
Fn+ →-increasing screen brightness;
Fn+ ←-decrease screen brightness;

Problems with the touchpad of an acer laptop

If you have Acer laptop touchpad problems,then first of all you need to update the drivers, and then enable them using the Fn+7 key combination.
If the “additional buttons” fail, you should install applications to work with them. It's called Acer Launch Manager You can do this on the laptop manufacturer’s website.
To do this it's simple:

• go to the Acer.ru website:
• Next we find -> Support -> Drivers and manuals;
• select the desired laptop model;
• installed OS version;
• open the Applications section and download the desired program.

You can also try turning it off for a few minutes laptop battery and then connect and restart.

And on this positive note my story Acer laptop keyboard key assignments finished.

And if you are interested in the topic, you can do this simply by following the link.

The laptop keyboard has keys with letters and numbers, but there are also keys that differ in color. These are shortcut keys. They are very useful when working on a laptop, since it is not always convenient to use a mouse or touchpad. Using these keys you can: mute the sound, put the computer into sleep mode, switch music, etc. Agree that this is very convenient. But these keys only work in combination with the Fn (Function) button. Everything is done very simply: hold down the Fn key and, without releasing it, click on the desired combination. On my laptop Acer The Fn key is located in the lower left corner after the Ctrl key.

Let's now figure out what actions can be called using the Fn button. Features may vary due to different models laptops. Fn button on Acer laptop supports the following actions:

• Fn+ F3 – connects/disables communication modules.
• Fn+ F4 – puts the computer into sleep mode.
• Fn+ F5 – switches the video output to an external monitor and back.
• Fn+ F6 – turns off the screen to save battery power.
• Fn+ F7 – turns on and off the built-in touchpad.
• Fn+ F8 - turn off the speakers.
• Fn+ Home – allows you to play or pause media files.
• Fn+ Pg Up – stops playback.
• Fn+ Pg Dn – allows you to return to the previous media file.
• Fn+ End – moves to the next one.
• Fn + Up button - makes the sound in the speakers louder.
• Fn + Down button - makes the sound quieter.
• Fn + Right button - changes the brightness of the screen - makes it brighter.
• Fn + Left button - makes the screen brightness darker.

If the Fn button does not work

• If the Function key does not work on your laptop, then to unlock it you need to press Fn+ NumLock or Fn+ Caps Lock. Accordingly, if you want, on the contrary, to block this key on your computer, then you need to do the same.
• Press the Fn Lock key if it is on your laptop keyboard.
• To enable the Fn key, try downloading drivers for your computer.
• View in BIOS settings, is there a mode for activating/deactivating the Fn button.

The article describes the purpose of the keys on a laptop keyboard.

Laptop keyboards are not much different from computer keyboards, except for the presence of the first few additional keys. When typing text on a laptop keyboard, exactly the same technique is used as on a computer keyboard, since both of these keyboards are practically a copy of a regular typewriter.

Laptop keyboard assignment of keys, description for beginners. How to use a laptop keyboard button functions

IN this review we will talk about the assignment of laptop keyboard keys (decoding for dummies).

Laptop keyboard. Key assignment

First, we list the functions of each individual laptop key:

• ESC– a standard key familiar to everyone. When pressed, any program action is canceled.
• DEL– also a standard delete key for all computer keyboards. For example, you can use it to delete certain files.
• F5– refreshes the current page in the browser
• Print Screen– takes a screenshot of the visible part of the screen
• Pause Break– when you press this key a couple of seconds after turning on the laptop, information about the laptop and the entire system is displayed.
• Scroll Lock– when you press this key, you can use the arrows to drag the image on the display.
• Num Lock– pressing this key activates dialing numbers on the numeric keypad on the right
• BACK SPACE – standard button deleting typed characters
• F10– when this key is pressed, the menu bar is activated
• ENTER– a standard key for confirming certain program actions, also serves as a line break in text editors.
• SHIFT– pressing this key activates upper case keys, meaning you can type in capital letters.
• WIN/Windows– launches the main menu
• Windows– opens the menu “ Start»
• Tab– in text editors creates a red line
• FN– the key is usually used in conjunction with other keys, which we will discuss below
• Home– by pressing this key you can drag the mouse cursor to the beginning of the text
• End— by pressing this key you can drag the mouse cursor to the end of the text
• Ins And Insert– keys trigger replacement and insertion in text when typing. When pasting, text can be added between words, and when replacing text, it will erase all words to the right of the cursor.
• P.G.U.P.– using this key you can scroll the window up both in the browser and in text editors.
• PGDN— when you press this key, you can scroll the window down both in the browser and in text editors.
• Keys from F1 to F12– hotkeys with which you can open help, refresh the page, copy, and so on.

So, we have described the purpose of individual keys. Now we present the commands that are carried out by pressing several keys.

Key Alt in combination with the key:

• F4– closes the current window in the OS
• PRTSC SYSRQ– screenshot of the current window
• BACK SPACE
• TAB– switching between open windows or running programs
• SHIFT– switches keyboard layout from language to language

Key Ctrl in combination with the key:

• End– moves to the bottom of the page
• Home– moves to the top of the page
• ALT And DEL- starts " Task Manager»
• Arrow keys– moves the cursor left or right one word
• ESC– starts “ Start»
• O– opening a document in programs
• W– closing a document in programs
• S– saving documents in programs
• P– printing documents in programs
• A– highlighting a document in programs
• C– copying the selected area of ​​the document
• V– pastes the copied text/file into the desired location
• Z– cancels the previous action
• SHIFT– switching keyboard layout from language to language

Key SHIFT in combination with the key:

• Arrows– selects a character to the right or left of the cursor
• DEL– permanently deletes the file from the system

Key FN in combination with the key:

• F1– closing the laptop
• F2– opens energy saving settings
• F3– starts or closes the Bluetooth function
• F4– starts or disables sleep mode
• F5– switches from screen to screen on a laptop (if there are additional ones)
• F6– turn off the monitor
• F7– turn off the monitor
• F8– turns sound on and off
• F9– enables and disables the laptop touchpad
• F10– changes the keyboard layout
• F11– enables or disables the numeric keypad
• F12– enables or disables screen movement
• PGDN– turns on the key End
• P.G.U.P.– turns on the key Home
• 2(@) – adjusts sound volume
• 1(!) – adjusts screen brightness

Key WIN in combination with the key:

• D– minimizes all open windows
• R– starts the program
• E– starts explorer
• F– starts the search
• TAB– switch between taskbar icons

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