User’s Manual 6-1
Satellite A210/Satellite Pro A210
Chapter 6
The Keyboard
The computer's keyboard layouts are compatible with a 104/105-key 
enhanced keyboard. By pressing some keys in combination, all the 104/
105-key keyboard functions can be executed on the computer.
The number of keys on your keyboard depends on which country/region's 
keyboard layout your computer is configured with. Keyboards for numerous 
languages are available.
There are six types of keys: typewriter keys, keypad overlay, function keys, 
soft keys, Windows
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 special keys and cursor control keys. 
Typewriter keys
The typewriter keys, produce the upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, 
punctuation marks, and special symbols that appear on the screen.
There are some differences, however, between using a typewriter and using 
a computer keyboard:
■ Letters and numbers produced in computer text vary in width. Spaces, 
which are created by a space character may also vary depending on line 
justification and other factors.
■ The lowercase l (el) and the number 1 (one) are not interchangeable on 
computers as they are on a typewriter.
■ The uppercase O (oh) and the 0 (zero) are not interchangeable.
■ The Caps Lock function key locks only the alphabetic characters in 
uppercase while the shift lock on a typewriter places all keys in the 
shifted position.
■ The Shift keys, the Tab key, and the Back Space key perform the same 
function as their typewriter counterparts but also have special computer 
functions.