Hi Barbara, I too have one of these for my laptop; I have never seen one have any use with a desktop, but I am always open to learning.
I believe they were first added to laptops to help make up for the lack of keys on their trimmed-back keyboards. I think the best way to find out what they do is to google on your model of laptop along with the word "fn"; you should be able to turn up some table which lists all the combinations which do something on your laptop. One popular, almost standard, combination is the fn key with the upor down arrow keys. This usually brightens or dims the screen; when on battery power, it's a neat trick for a blind user to dim the screen as much as possible, as you can get a little more battery life by doing that. You may have to remember to brighten it back up for any sighted users. It's not a permanent change, once you plug the laptop back in, or reboot it, you'll have to dim it again. Hth, Chip -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barbera Sheinbein via Talk Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 4:39 AM To: 'mcleod stinnett'; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Subject: Working with the FN key on Keyboard Hello Everyone, I have an FN key on my keyboards for both a laptop and a desktop. I understand there is not a setting in the WE control panel to make this talk. Is there an app or other work around to help know what settings are occurring when using the FN key? Thanks in advance for any help. Barbara _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/lists3717%40co mcast.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
