FN key on my 800 keyboard


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I have a Windows Wireless Keyboard 800 and cannot find the FN key.
Bottom left is Ctrl, Win, Alt
Bottom right is Ctrl, (unknown but does not appear to be3 FN), Win, AltGr

At present, the F keys are not responding as I expect in Excel.



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Next to the right Alt key

Microsoft 800 FN key.webp
 

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If I don't have FN key, what's the alternative?
 

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Sorry, nothing marked in blue.. The F keys are not acting as they should in Word.
 

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janey6 said:
The F keys are not acting as they should in Word
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What are they doing?
What do you think they ought to be doing?

Please post a picture of your F keys.

Please check your Bios for an option to switch the F keys between F key uses & 'multimedia' key uses.
Please check your PC maker's built-in utilities for a utility to switch the F keys between F key uses & 'multimedia' key uses.


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Not interested in multimedia keys.
I have just gone back to Microsoft Word and a few years away. The F keys are not all working the same as they did.
 

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Is there an F-Lock key? If not then you might try a keyboard mapping program to make another key act as the Fn key.
 

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F keys are still stand alone. When on your desktop with nothing open, does pressing f5 refresh?
 

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janey6 said:
Not interested in multimedia keys
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I was asking questions that were intended to help diagnose the problem.


Your keyboard does not have any switchable keys so it does not have or need an Fn key.
CORRECTED
IMG_2525.webp




Try3 said:
What are they doing?
What do you think they ought to be doing?
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Keyboard shortcuts in Word - Microsoft Support
I suggest you post an example of a function key you press in Word and what it does together with what you thought it would do.


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janey6 said:
Not quite the same.
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Is that picture with 256 x 640 really the best you can do?
How could we enlarge that and see which keys you are having?
This is the result when I enlarge a part of your photo:
001467.webp
 

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Kees said:
Is that picture with 256 x 640 really the best you can do?
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There's a better one in post #14 and I turned it the right way up in my post #16 [my posted picture since corrected].


All the best,
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Try3 said:
There's a better one in post #14 and I turned it the right way up in my post #16.


All the best,
Denis
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It’s in post 13. I pulled it from a Microsoft support thread about the exact same topic with the same keyboard.
 

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dacrone said:
It’s in post 13. I pulled it from a Microsoft support thread about the exact same topic with the same keyboard.
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It is not the same keyboard!
@janey6 is showing this keyboard:

IMG_2525.webp


You have taken this keyboard (I made it having the same size for better comparison):

1777649074041.webp


The keyboard you are showing has extra keys for sound functions above the normal function keys.
The keyboard @janey6 is showing does not have those keys.
The function keys fysically are smaller , there is one extra key right to the F12 key.

Edit:
I found out what the difference is:
You are showing the MS Keyboard 600 I have the wired version of that keyboard)
OP is showing the wireless keyboard set MS 800.

This might be a better image, but that is at a commercial site: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Desktop-800-Business/dp/B004SUO1R6

I can't exactly see if there is some key to switch the function keys, but I don't think so.
 

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