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Some laptops let you lock the fn keys. This is like turning caps lock on which allows you to type all capital letters.

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The mute key the volume up key the volume down key a play pause button a play next button and a play previous button.

Where is the fn key on a laptop. There are multiple ways of doing it using the keyboard keys with your computer on through the bios and using windows mobility center. This was used in combination with other keys like a shift key giving those keys multiple purposes. This is the easiest option and should work on most laptops inspiron xps or vostro.

Revert invert fn key using the keyboard. On laptop computers the fn key is often located on the bottom left side of the keyboard next to the ctrl key. Keys with an fn key or f lock provide two sets of commands for many keys.

To enable it we d hold fn and press the esc key. Standard commands are labeled on the front of the keys such as f3. Not all laptop manufacturers use the same symbols so here s a brief guide to what the symbols on functions keys mean.

I see a number of dell instructions about using fn and a function key at the top of the keyboard to access various functions one being the ability to turn off the wifi connection. To make up for a lack of keys early laptops came with a special function key the fn key. When the fn key light is on you must press the fn key and a function key to activate the default action.

Commonly found on laptop keyboards the fn key is used to control hardware functions such as screen brightness and speaker volume. On a pc the default function of the fn keys is set in the bios. Your keybaord has an fn key that when held down will allow you to use the secondary action of the fn keys.

If you don t you may have to press the fn key and then press an fn lock key to activate it. Enable or disable fn function key mode older g1 business notebooks change the fn function key setting on earlier hp g1 business notebook models. Media keys the media keys are the easiest to identify.

There are usually six of them. For example on the keyboard below the fn lock key appears as a secondary action on the esc key. Chromebooks not all chromebooks have an fn key.

This new dell keyboard gvwnx does not have an fn key. This includes the top row of standard function keys f1 f12. On the old compaq slt the fn function key is located in the lower left corner enclosed in a rectangle.

Function key a keyboard modifier key that works like a shift key to activate a second function on a dual purpose key. To revert the fn keys to their default usage press fn esc key.