Pointing Devices and Keyboard
Hardware and Software Guide
3–20
Enabling and Disabling
Press
fn+num lk
to enable the embedded numeric keypad. The
num lock light is turned on. Press
fn+num lk
again to return
the keys to their standard keyboard functions.
✎
The embedded numeric keypad does not work while an external
keyboard or keypad is connected to the notebook or to an optional
docking device.
Switching Key Functions
You can temporarily switch the functions of keys on the
embedded numeric keypad between their standard keyboard
functions and their keypad functions by using the
fn
key or the
fn+shift
key combination.
■
To change the function of a keypad key to keypad functions
while the keypad is off, press and hold the
fn
key while
pressing the keypad key.
■
To use the keypad keys temporarily as standard keys while
the keypad is on:
❏
Press and hold the
fn
key to type in lowercase.
❏
Press and hold
fn+shift
to type in uppercase.