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Sarahsmith

Hi

Don't know whether I have the right newsgroup here. Hope so.

Whilst cleaning the keys on my laptop, I have accidentally pressed something
that has caused my 'desktop' to become smaller than the monitor screen. I
have a 2/3 inch black area surrounding the 'desktop'.

I remember this happening before and I got out of it by pressing some button
or combination of buttons (one of the 'F' buttons rings a bell), but this
time I can't for the life of me work out which one/s it is.

Can someone enlighten me? Please.
 
Sarahsmith said:
Hi

Don't know whether I have the right newsgroup here. Hope so.

Whilst cleaning the keys on my laptop, I have accidentally pressed
something that has caused my 'desktop' to become smaller than the
monitor screen. I have a 2/3 inch black area surrounding the
'desktop'.

I remember this happening before and I got out of it by pressing some
button or combination of buttons (one of the 'F' buttons rings a
bell), but this time I can't for the life of me work out which one/s
it is.

Can someone enlighten me? Please.
Click to expand...

It's okay - found it now....Fn + F7.

Sarah
 
johnf said:
I know where the "any key" is, but where's the Fn key?
Click to expand...
Well mine is in between the windows and Ctrl key. Perhaps that's just on a
Dell laptop?

Sarah
 
johnf said:
I know where the "any key" is, but where's the Fn key?
Click to expand...

In order to conserve realestate and because there is often additional
functionality needed, most laptop computers have a Fn key that allows some
keys on the keyboard an additional action. Similar to how holding down
the Ctrl key causes the letter C to go from typing "c" to copying the
selected item to the clipboard, except that Fn key actions are controlled
by the computer, not the OS.

--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support

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