
Chapter1.Overview
TheAdaptiveKeyboardprovidesatouch-sensitiveareathatautomaticallydisplaysasubsetoficonsof
Adaptivekeys.TheAdaptivekeyschangedynamicallybasedontheapplicationyouareusing.Ifyou
launchanapplicationthattheAdaptiveKeyboardrecognizes,theAdaptivekeyschangeautomaticallyto
theappropriatemodesforusingthatapplication.
TheAdaptiveKeyboardprovidesthefollowingmodestofunctionindifferentsituations:
•Homemode
•Web-browsermode
•Web-conferencemode
•Functionmode
•Lay-flatmode
Notes:
•SomeAdaptivekeysareavailableonlyinaspecificmode.
•Lay-flatmodeisavailableonlywhenyouopenyourcomputerdisplayto180degreesfromtherelative
positionofthekeyboard.
TheAdaptiveKeyboardenablesyoutocyclethroughtheavailablemodesbytappingtheFnkey.Depending
onyourneeds,youcancustomizetheorderinwhichthemodesaredisplayedandwhichmodesare
availablewhenyoucyclethroughthemodeswiththeFnkey.HomemodeandFunctionmodearealways
available.YoualsocancustomizetheAdaptivekeysbyremovingWeb-browsermodeandWeb-conference
modefromthecyclelistwhenyoutaptheFnkey.
ModesoftheAdaptiveKeyboard
ThistopicprovidesinformationonthemodesoftheAdaptiveKeyboard:
Homemode
Bydefault,HomemodeisdisplayedandactivewhenyourcomputerenterstheMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
operatingsystem.
Web-browsermode
WhenyoulaunchaWebbrowserthattheAdaptiveKeyboardrecognizes(forexample,theInternetExplorer
®
Webbrowser,theChrome
™
browser,ortheFirefoxWebbrowser),theAdaptivekeysautomaticallychangeto
Web-browsermode,providingfunctionsspecificallyforusingaWebbrowser.
Web-conferencemode
WhenyoulaunchaVoice-over-Internet-Protocol(VoIP)applicationthattheAdaptiveKeyboardrecognizes,
theAdaptivekeysautomaticallychangetoWeb-conferencemode,providingfunctionsspecificallyfor
usingaVoIPapplication.
Functionmode
Whenyouturnonthecomputer,Functionmodeisdisplayedandactivebeforethecomputerentersthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.F1throughF12providethesamefunctionsastheF1throughF12keysona
traditionalkeyboard.IfyouareusinganapplicationthatsupportstheF1throughF12functions,youcanuse
theFnkeytocycletoFunctionmodewheneveryouneedit.
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