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My keyboard had 3 lights: one has 1 sign, second has an A(for capslock), the third has an arrow.
What are the first and second? Why is the first light on?

2006-08-03 17:28:34 · 5 answers · asked by Theta40 7 in Computers & Internet Hardware Other - Hardware

5 answers

The first one is for Num Lock. That means when it is on, you can use the number on the Num pad. That means the area of numbers for better calculations. The third one is Scroll Lock. It was intended to modify the behaviour of the arrow keys. When the scroll lock mode was on, the arrow keys would scroll the contents of a text window instead of moving the cursor as usual. In this sense, Scroll Lock serves a similar purpose to Num Lock and Caps Lock: it enables a secondary function of a group of keys. Today, this particular use of Scroll Lock is rare. Only a few modern programs still honour this behaviour, such as Microsoft Excel (in the behaviour of arrows — when Scroll Lock is on, the selection does not move) and Lotus Notes. In modern GUI environments, scrolling is usually accomplished using other means such as scrollbars or scroll wheels. This is a defunct feature in almost all modern programs and operating systems

2006-08-03 17:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by Vearn 2 · 3 0

I Have That Keyborad As Well The 1 Sign Means Number Lock And The A Sign Means Caps Lock And The Arrow Sign Means Scroll Lock

2006-08-03 17:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by jefferylovesashley4eva692009 2 · 0 0

The 1 is number lock....the second is caps lock and the third is scroll lock.

I'm not sure how to turn off your numbers lock...that's why the light is on...but you can play around with your keyboard till the light goes out if you wish...it just means that it's locked on numbers and not on the symbols above the numbers....it won't hurt anything.

2006-08-03 17:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0 0

The first one is for "Bloq num", as you can see, you keyboard is divided on several sections, the one most at the rigth group several keys with numbers on them that is the numeric keyboard, but, if you pay attention, you will see arroys and simbols like "home, page up, page down, etc" on the same keys. When the first ligh is on, it tells the computer to ignore the words on the keys and only accept numbers each time you press a key from the numeric keyboard, when the ligh is off, the computer will accept the words instead of the numbers.

2006-08-03 17:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by AlexTLC 2 · 0 0

The first light is number lock.
The arrow is scroll lock.

2006-08-03 17:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by Sammy 4 · 0 0

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