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Following an increasingly common trend, the old F-key functions are now secondary; the primary use of these keys is to control volume and screen brightness, turn wireless on and off, and other housekeeping functions.
Hands on With the ThinkPad Edge « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2010
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Fortunately, I discovered an easy workaround: the F-keys are lined up almost above the normal number keys, so you just look for the F-key counterpart.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writer's Workbench: The Windows 7 Column, Part Two 2010
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Fortunately, I discovered an easy workaround: the F-keys are lined up almost above the normal number keys, so you just look for the F-key counterpart.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writer's Workbench: The Windows 7 Column, Part Two 2010
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Customer: I hit the F-key 8-times as you told me, but nothing's happening ...
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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A quick Google search should tell you which F-key is the one your computer uses to boot into safe mode.
MakeUseOf.com Angelina 2010
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Important keys, like "shift", are nice and large, and the top row of function keys are reversed -- which means the actually useful tasks of controlling volume and screen brightness, and so on, are the primary functions of those keys, while the somewhat more obscure F-key functions require you to hold down the Fn key.
CNET Asia Reviews 2010
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The peripherals themselves are mid-range for Logitech and center on an ergonomic keyboard with a padded palm rest, curved keys and a row of media keys at the top; Windows users also get shortcuts to common tasks on the F-key row.
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The peripherals themselves are mid-range for Logitech and center on an ergonomic keyboard with a padded palm rest, curved keys and a row of media keys at the top; Windows users also get shortcuts to common tasks on the F-key row.
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The peripherals themselves are mid-range for Logitech and center on an ergonomic keyboard with a padded palm rest, curved keys and a row of media keys at the top; Windows users also get shortcuts to common tasks on the F-key row.
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Each manufacturer has a different F-key for boot up options, but the most common one is F8.
MakeUseOf.com Angelina 2010
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