12" PB Keyboard Issue

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  1. michaelrjohnson, Oct 12, 2004

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    No, silly, there's nothing wrong with the keyboard, it's the best one I've ever used. But something weird happened.


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    Somehow, my "fn" key switched so that in order to use volume keys (F4, F5) to control volume, I have to hold down "fn". That's not right. Somehow it just switched in the last 5 minutes. The only thing that I can recall doing out of the ordinary is hitting "fn"+"F7". But repeating that action does not restore volume key functionality natively. Any help.... PLEASE? :)

    Apple's page on the 12" PB Keyboard.

    Also, what is "Display mode toggle"? (see site above)
     
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  2. michaelrjohnson, Oct 12, 2004

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    Does anybody have any idea?
     
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  3. Natalia81, Oct 12, 2004

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    I remember reading somewhere that you can make this switch in the keyboard settings. I'm new to mac, so I couldn't tell you how to get to the keyboard/mouse settings of the top of my head. But I'm pretty sure there's a setting in there that will fix this.
     
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  4. evil_santa, Oct 12, 2004

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    there should be a check box in the keyboard & mouse control panel
     
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  5. michaelrjohnson, Oct 13, 2004

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    That says what?
     
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  6. Vector, Oct 13, 2004

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    In the keyboard preferance panel, it is the box that says Use f1-f12 keys for speccial actions.
     
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  7. michaelrjohnson, Oct 13, 2004

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    Thanks... Somehow I missed that.


    For my second question, though. What does F7 do? (natively)
     
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  8. PlaceofDis, Oct 13, 2004

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    F7, on the powerbooks toggles the modes of having an external display. you can either mirror your pb screen or have dual monitors, by pressing F7 it toggles between the two
     
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  9. michaelrjohnson, Oct 13, 2004

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    Thank you! I knew that it did "Display Mode Toggle" but I couldn't find what that meant! Excellent.
     
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