How do you compensate for no numerical keypad? Thanks. Robbie ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheree Heppe To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:41 PM Subject: Craig's question about NetBook layouts
Cheree Heppe here: The Acer Aspire 1 NetBook which I own doesn't use the FN key for much. If I want to select from a part of a document or E-message to the bottom, I press the control, shift and FN keys, which are all next to each other, simultaneously, the text is selected and I press delete. That's my only use of the FN Key. Layout. This may not be a very technical rendering of a keyboard layout, but here goes. Looking at the opened NetBook's screen from the user's position at the keyboard, on the right front of the lower half of the NetBook's case, just near the right front edge is a slider switch that selects the Internet capability on or off. Along the left side is the power jack rearmost, a port for an external video screen next, then an ethernet jack for a phone line connection, a USB connector and front most, one of two slots for an SD card. The right side, from rear to front, has what I think is a port rearmost to lock the NetBook to a desk or whatever with a cable, the second SD slot next, two USB connector ports, earphone and microphone jacks. The keyboard. From left to right nearest the screen: esc key, function keys 1 through 12, two keys I don't use, an insert/overtype key and rightmost, the delete key in the upper right corner. The bottom most row of keys are: control, FN, win key, alt key, spacebar, alt key, application or context menu key, control and the three arrow keys in a row, left, down and right arrow. Down the right side is the previously mentioned delete key at the top most right, backspace, backslash,enter, shift, pagedown and then the bottom most, right arrow key, already mentioned. The up arrow key is just above the down arrow key, but in this keyboard, there is no delineating space setting off the arrow keys. The arrow keys on this keyboard are spaced like keys in the typing rows. The leftmost keys are the previously mentioned escape key at the top left, the key that does grave accent, the tab key, the caps lock key, shift, and the previously mentioned control key,. The rest of the keys are arranged like the regular keyboards. The mouse pad is as wide as the spacebar and is positioned just below the spacebar. The left and right mouse click buttons are vertical bars that parallel the left and right sides of this mousepad. Some sighted reviewers say the pad is hard to use because the left and right mouse click buttons are not in the under-the-mouse pad position, but my sighted daughter has used my NetBook with nary an eyeblink over the mouse pad configuration. At the top center, just above the screen is a web cam. I don't use that much, but people have said they can let it run and show friends a room while walking around with the NetBook in heir hand, etc. The battery is positioned along the back bottom of the NetBook and comes off if necessary by means of a slider switch under the NetBook at the rear left. That's the keyboard in possibly too exhaustive detail. I like this NetBook because I can use my right hand alone to navigate some of the commands and because it is a good working machine for what I use it for. I like the leatherette slip cover that goes over the NetBook. I can keep it clean by lying the cover on top of the closed NetBook on my desk or with the cover slid over the NetBook I can stash the NetBook in my purse or stood up like a book in with books. Regards, Cheree Heppe If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. __________ NOD32 4153 (20090613) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
