The most important keys on the keyboard at a Glance
Some of the keys on the keyboard are assigned twice. Through certain button combinations, they can fulfill different functions. Here, you'll learn more about keys such as [Ctrl] and [Alt], you will encounter in combination with other keys often.
- In the lower left of the keyboard, [Ctrl] or [Ctrl] to find. You press this button, nothing happens. If you select this key in conjunction with a key from the numbers row, you can insert special characters. If you [Ctrl] + [F] to select at the same time, it opens the search in the document.
- Right next to the control key, the Windows button is located. In order to open the Metro interface or the Windows start menu. Some keyboards have a [Fn] key to activate special keys, between them. To read more in the third paragraph.
- The [alt] key in combination with the Tab key (to the left of the [Q] key) useful to switch between all open applications.
- The biggest key on the keyboard is the space bar (at the bottom in the middle). In order to add a space. In the case of most Video players you can pause playback with the spacebar.
- To the right of the spacebar Gr] is [Alt. If you press this key together with a numeric key, you have to write special characters. This assignment varies depending on the keyboard.
- As the last key on the numeric keypad you find on the right a second [Ctrl] or [Ctrl] key. This has the same task as in point 1.
- Between the Tab key and the left control-key Shift (also caps) and the caps lock key. [Shift] is called the upper button with the down arrow, because they enable you to write durable. You can disable this function by pressing the button again.
- If you choose the caps lock key in [Shift] in conjunction with a letter or a number, write either large or one of the on the button available special type characters.
Number pad and special keys: These keys are there on the keyboard
Often the number pad located to the right of the letter block. To use this as the input, press it first on the [Num] button. You can use the number block as well as the numbers keys on the left of the keyboard. This is useful especially if you want to enter a lot of Numbers.
- With the mathematical operators to the numeric keypad around you can expect in a calculator.
- Above the number pad you can find two [image] keys, each with an arrow up and an arrow down. In order to scroll in a document or browser window is a certain piece up or down.
- You jump to the end of the document, if you press the [end] key. In contrast, you navigate with the [Pos1] to the beginning of the document.
- The Enter button is next to the spacebar of the largest keys on the keyboard, and is located directly to the left of the number pad. You confirm your entries. A second Enter key with the same function you find in the bottom right next to the numeric keypad.
- You want to remove a letter before the Cursor select [Delete]. If you want to delete the character behind it, press Backspace, the left arrow above the Enter key.
- The key [print S-Abf] triggers a screenshot, which you can paste in an Editor, such as Paint over the key combination [Ctrl] + [V].
- Use the four arrow keys between the number pad and drawing pad, navigate in documents and Play.
Keyboard: The meaning of the buttons
Windows keyboard, simple: What buttons are what
Many keyboards have special keys, which you can configure yourself. These so-called macros, are particularly popular with Gaming keyboards. You configure frequently using the included Software.
- You can see in the upper left, shortcut [Esc], which is short for "Escape". In order to close the window and abort operations.
- Directly next to the function keys. Depending on the keyboard, special buttons enable you to in combination with the [Fn] button are there, in addition. With the latter, you regulate about the volume, screen brightness, and airplane mode.
- Typically, you activate the F-keys by pressing without [Fn] on it. [F1] opens in most programs, the help menu.
- If you press select a file and [F2], you can rename the File.
- Press the [F3], press open the Windows search function. Note: if you Are using Windows 8, you can enter in the Metro interface, only the term to activate the search mode.
- The [F4] key is used in conjunction with the [alt] interesting. If you press both at the same time, closes the current window.
Further function keys on the keyboard
You are in the Browser, update it with [F5] the page content.
- If you simultaneously press [Ctrl] or [Ctrl] with an English keyboard in combination with [F6], you can switch to in Office between different documents.
- [F7] is not configured by default in the operating system. Depending on the additional Software, you will be inflicted with a meaning.
- The key [F8] is worth it, if you want to boot the safe mode of Windows. To do this, you restart your Windows PC again and press when the button [F8].
- Similar to the [F7] key F9] gets [only if necessary, a function.
- You want to switch to a program in the menu bar, you can accomplish this by pressing the [F10] key.
- With the [F11] key to switch between the normal display and full-screen mode.
- The last function key [F12] is similar to the keys [F7] and [F9].
In a images gallery we provide you the best keyboard shortcuts for Windows 7.
