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    need help with my gateway t-series!!! please!!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ragestarshine, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. ragestarshine

    ragestarshine Newbie

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    hello everyone,
    i got this lovely laptop in October and recently i was bored and started exploring it and whatnot...
    in any case, i only recently noticed that there are blue keys on my laptop...like they are sharing space with normal keys ie. the 'I'-key has a blue '6' on it and the 'F3' has a moon on it...
    so how do i get the blue keys to work?

    also, some black keys have other black symbols on them too...like there is the normal symbols on top of the numbers (8=* or 4=$) but then some have more signs as well like, 4=$ plus a cent sign and the 6=^ plus a questions mark and another little symbol, also, and this really bothers me, the / key has two accented e's and another symbol that looks like just an accent and the - key has a 1/2 mark on it....
    all this just means that if anyone knows how to access the other black bits on the keyboard i would really appreciate it if you could tell me how to do it?!?!?

    thanks everybody!
    cheers!! :D
     
    ragestarshine, Jan 13, 2009
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  2. Kamin_Majere

    Kamin_Majere =][= Ordo Hereticus

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    Hold the FN key to access the keys other functions.

    As to the secondary symbols, have you tried Control+shift or FN+shift.

    I never use those symbols so i cant honestly remember how to access them :confused:
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jan 13, 2009
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  3. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    The 6 on the I probably refers to a number pad. Press num-lock (should be a key or a blue thing above another key) to use these if you don't like the numbers at the top of the keyboard. When num lock is on, you won't be able to use the normal keys for the keys that have number printed on them, just the numbers.
     
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