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Grant Sewell wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:00:35 +0000 > Neil Winchurst wrote: >> Grant Sewell wrote: >>> Most do. The majority of newer laptops that I've worked with have >>> either had a little button immediately above the touchpad itself, >>> one on the side of the laptop (near the other switches, such as the >>> WiFi on/off switch) or by a keyboard combination - such as Fn+F4 or >>> something. >>> >>> Grant. >>> >> Well, as I said in my original post, I am new to laptops and this one >> I have was given to me and is about 3 years old. I can't see any >> switch near the pad or any other likely one. More research. >> >> Thanks >> >> Neil > > OK, well I just did a Google image search for the Compaq Presario v5000 > and I can't tell exactly but it looks like Fn+F2 might be the > combination you're looking for - how would you describe the image > that's on the F2 key? From the rather dodgy photos I've seen it could > either be a strange "computer" picture (as it is on my laptop) or a box > that's supposed to represent the touchpad. > > Grant. > Further research. The picture on F2 is meant to be a computer. However is seems that using the Fn key plus a function key does have special meanings but only for Windows. These combinations have no effect for me. However, if I open up say FireFox and the press F1 (without the Fn key) it does bring up the help screen. So it seems that the functions keys do not work on the desktop (with or without Fn) but do work inside a program. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html