Microsoft keyboard F lock

Have a new MS3000 keyboard. There are no F keys but there is an "F
lock"key. Can anyone tell me what it does? And what do you do when
instructed to press and F key?
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Ray

Ray wrote:

> Have a new MS3000 keyboard. There are no F keys but there is an "F
> lock"key.

http://www.quietpc.com/files/images/...0-uk-large.jpg

Guess you must be color-blind in the blue end of the color spectrum;
however, if so, how'd you see the blue caption on the F-lock button?

"VanguardLH" wrote in message news:j04d06$okv$...

Ray wrote:

> Have a new MS3000 keyboard. There are no F keys but there is an "F
> lock"key.

http://www.quietpc.com/files/images/...0-uk-large.jpg

>Guess you must be color-blind in the blue end of the color spectrum;
>however, if so, how'd you see the blue caption on the F-lock button?

Thank you. You're right. I am colorblind and I don't see blue with the lock
on or off. The caption on my F lock key is in white letters.
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Ray

Ray wrote:
> "VanguardLH" wrote in message news:j04d06$okv$...
>
> Ray wrote:
>
>> Have a new MS3000 keyboard. There are no F keys but there is an "F
>> lock"key.
>
> http://www.quietpc.com/files/images/...0-uk-large.jpg
>
>> Guess you must be color-blind in the blue end of the color spectrum;
>> however, if so, how'd you see the blue caption on the F-lock button?
>
> Thank you. You're right. I am colorblind and I don't see blue with the
> lock on or off. The caption on my F lock key is in white letters.
> ----
> Ray

In grayscale, the function key row looks like this.

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/8690/ms3000.gif

Paul

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:18:59 -0700, Ray wrote:

> "VanguardLH" wrote in message news:j04d06$okv$...
>
> Ray wrote:
>
>> Have a new MS3000 keyboard. There are no F keys but there is an "F
>> lock"key.
>
> http://www.quietpc.com/files/images/...0-uk-large.jpg
>
>>Guess you must be color-blind in the blue end of the color spectrum;
>>however, if so, how'd you see the blue caption on the F-lock button?
>
> Thank you. You're right. I am colorblind and I don't see blue with the lock
> on or off. The caption on my F lock key is in white letters.
> ----
> Ray

Get someone with a steady hand to put white paint or something similar
on those key labels. Or it might even be possible to buy replacement
keytops, though a keyboard might be cheaper if it's not a laptop.

Even someone who isn't color blind can have a problem when they are old
enough that the lens of their eye yellows a bit and blocks blue light.

It's not the smartest design choice by the manufacturer :-(

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 7/19/2011 2:14 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:18:59 -0700, Ray wrote:
>
>> "VanguardLH" wrote in message news:j04d06$okv$...
>>
>> Ray wrote:
>>
>>> Have a new MS3000 keyboard. There are no F keys but there is an "F
>>> lock"key.
>>
>> http://www.quietpc.com/files/images/...0-uk-large.jpg
>>
>>> Guess you must be color-blind in the blue end of the color spectrum;
>>> however, if so, how'd you see the blue caption on the F-lock button?
>>
>> Thank you. You're right. I am colorblind and I don't see blue with the lock
>> on or off. The caption on my F lock key is in white letters.
>> ----
>> Ray
>
> Get someone with a steady hand to put white paint or something similar
> on those key labels. Or it might even be possible to buy replacement
> keytops, though a keyboard might be cheaper if it's not a laptop.
>
> Even someone who isn't color blind can have a problem when they are old
> enough that the lens of their eye yellows a bit and blocks blue light.
>
> It's not the smartest design choice by the manufacturer :-(
>
My Logitech K520 wireless has a large key marked FN in brown to use the
non-F functions. I don't think that there is a way to lock the FN key
but I'd be glad to know of one.

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

> http://www.quietpc.com/files/images/...0-uk-large.jpg
>
>>Guess you must be color-blind in the blue end of the color spectrum;
>>however, if so, how'd you see the blue caption on the F-lock button?
>
> Thank you. You're right. I am colorblind and I don't see blue with the
> lock
> on or off. The caption on my F lock key is in white letters.
> ----
> Ray

Get someone with a steady hand to put white paint or something similar
on those key labels. Or it might even be possible to buy replacement
keytops, though a keyboard might be cheaper if it's not a laptop.

Even someone who isn't color blind can have a problem when they are old
enough that the lens of their eye yellows a bit and blocks blue light.

It's not the smartest design choice by the manufacturer :-(
--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)


Agreed. Everyone can see white. Blue is a dumb choice.
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Ray

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
news:...

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:18:59 -0700, Ray wrote:

> "VanguardLH" wrote in message news:j04d06$okv$...
>
> Ray wrote:
>
>> Have a new MS3000 keyboard. There are no F keys but there is an "F
>> lock"key.
>
> http://www.quietpc.com/files/images/...0-uk-large.jpg
>
>>Guess you must be color-blind in the blue end of the color spectrum;
>>however, if so, how'd you see the blue caption on the F-lock button?
>
> Thank you. You're right. I am colorblind and I don't see blue with the
> lock
> on or off. The caption on my F lock key is in white letters.
> ----
> Ray

Get someone with a steady hand to put white paint or something similar
on those key labels. Or it might even be possible to buy replacement
keytops, though a keyboard might be cheaper if it's not a laptop.

Even someone who isn't color blind can have a problem when they are old
enough that the lens of their eye yellows a bit and blocks blue light.

It's not the smartest design choice by the manufacturer :-(
--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Agreed. Anyone can see white. Blue is a dumb choice.
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Ray

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> écrivait
news::

<snip>
>
> Even someone who isn't color blind can have a problem when they are old
> enough that the lens of their eye yellows a bit and blocks blue light.
>
> It's not the smartest design choice by the manufacturer :-(
>
I agree and programmers and webmasters should think about this too, I
can't recall how many times I saw WEB pages almost unreadable because of a
bad choice of letters colors against background colors.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:08:03 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> écrivait
> news::
>
> <snip>
>>
>> Even someone who isn't color blind can have a problem when they are old
>> enough that the lens of their eye yellows a bit and blocks blue light.
>>
>> It's not the smartest design choice by the manufacturer :-(
>>
> I agree and programmers and webmasters should think about this too, I
> can't recall how many times I saw WEB pages almost unreadable because of a
> bad choice of letters colors against background colors.

OT, but it reminds me of an event around 1989. I was debugging a
program, and the text suddenly disappeared. Eventually I discovered that
I had (inadvertently!) changed the text from white on blue to blue on
blue.

Definitely a bad design choice :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)