Hi, it does slightly more than that. It can be used to turn the righthand side keys into arrow keys as well as numbers, thus giving you many of the functions you would find on the standard numeric keypad. Thus, with laptop layout in use, for instance, caps lock plus I reads the current line. Cheers Dave -------------------------------------------------- From: "orhan deniz" <orhan.deniz63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:12 PM To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Jaws and FN key in Laptops hi there, the fn or so-called function key is used to simulate a num pad on a laptop. i personally find it impractical, seen as there is a number row on the laptop anyway. also, the fn key can be used for other things, like screen brightness but this will depend on the type of laptop. hth, orhan.---- Original Message ---- From: Moty Azrad To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:07 PM Subject: [access-uk] Jaws and FN key in Laptops > Hi friends, > > I'm going to get my first new HP Laptop. > Up to now, I used only Desktop PC. > I wish to know more abut the key in Laptops that is called: > Function key. > What exactly is this key used for? > And when I use Jaws, and I'm using now Jaws9.0.552, the latest > updated version, do I have any improvement or something else that I > can do with this function key? > > Thanks much and any output here is greatly appreciated > > Moti > > Moti Azrad > Musician & Piano Tuner > motia@xxxxxxx > motiaz@xxxxxxxxx > azrad_moty@xxxxxxxxxxx > Israel No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq