Keys on your Computer Keyboard
@whiteheather39 (24403)
United States
August 30, 2007 4:28am CST
How many of you use all the keys on your keyboard? I was waiting on my system to reboot and was just thinking that there were keys I had never used so I counted them and I find there are 23 keys I never use. How many do you not use?? Hell I didn't even know what they were there for. After digging through the user manual I realize I will still not use most of them. With my luck I would probably screw the whole system up! So do you get full use of every key?
Photo: Keyboard
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
30 Aug 07
"Hell I didn't even know what they were there for"
LOL yea same here..there are numerous keys on my board that I've no clue what they're for or what they'll do which for someone like me can be an issue cause ya gotta know if I'm not supposed to touch it cause I dont know what will happen...I'm bound to touch it LOL
"DANGER!WARNING! DO NOT TOUCH BIG RED BUTTON!!" *touches big red button* ;-)
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@GardenGerty (160996)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I count thirteen I never use, to my knowledge. Two of which I have no idea about, and unlike you, I do not have my user's manual anywhere that I can lay hands on. That is on my desktop. I would have to be at my laptop to determine which ones I do not use there.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I have my user's manual bookmarked so I just printed a copy of the diagram so I could compare them
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@classy56 (2880)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Im like you i only use the keys that i know will work for me.The keys on the right i never use.Im not a pro at typing so i dont know what they are for also.I see one key that has.Prt Scm Sys Rq. on it."what that"Looks like i need a lesson about keyboards."I always tell my husband dont touch them keys"lol.im affraid he will mess up my pc.
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@Lifeless (2635)
• India
31 Aug 07
I don't use the F keys very often, which are on top of the keyboard, except F1 and F4, they are quite useful.. Rest all of the keys are used quite often.. In all I make full use of almost all the keyboard keys... Maybe that's becoz I know the meaning of all the shortcut keys...
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I definately don't use all the keys on my keyboard, especially the function keys. I figure that what I am doing is working ok, so if it isn't broke don't fix it...:}.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Amen to that, Why should ypu touch it if you don't know what is for. you could screw something up!
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Hi, Heather can't say that I use them all I use the main keys, like f1, f2 f3 to f12, no I don't use those keys they are short cut for something, and the number to the left. No I never use any of those, I am going to take another Computer class in the fall. so I can learn how to put codes in, and do a lot more things on the internet. Ok, I just had to come and response. Have a great day!
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@amitavroy (4819)
• India
30 Aug 07
I.e. have a very simple keyboard installed on my computer on my computer it does not have any multimedia keys or any other flashy functions. I like my keyboard being simple because I go a bit hard on my keyboards and specially on Intel and buttons so they generally do not run more than a year so I do not waste a lot of money on multimedia keyboard is because I am not going to use them for a long time instead I want a very good mouse I have a wireless laser mouse and I feel that this is one point where I can spend a good amount without thinking too much. And admittedly this time I got one Logitech keyboard and I have a very good experience with that and from now on I decided to use the same keyboard.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I just have the basic keyboard that come with the Compaq Presario, no flashy functions and I still dont use them all.
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
31 Aug 07
I don't use of them. I wouldn't know how. I am totally self taught on the computer.
I do know how to save favourites using the keys, thats about all.
My daughter knows most of them.
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
31 Aug 07
I am in the same boat whiteheater. There are numerous keys for which I have no understanding of their function. I would be afraid to use them too! Isn't funny how we just get a computer, turn it on and start typing and never fully understand its keys and functions? My teens laugh at my computer ignorance daily. I don't care....
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
31 Aug 07
I used my laptop for a few months without the mouse but then I bought one again as I have so much more control with the mouse.
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
31 Aug 07
I use them all but some are very rare since I have other ways of pulling up stuff. Web for example, "hah, no thanks, I can take it from here good citizen!"
Most other ones I use moderately for example a function key with several of the F keys. Its handy shortcuts, unless your computer was designed by monkeys ;p
@atropos (22)
• South Africa
31 Aug 07
well there are only 2 keys on my keyboard that i havent used ever, generally there are about 8 that i wouldnt normally use, but i no wat all of them do and they can have their place every now and again...i guess it just depends wat you use a computer for, in programming you use almost all of the keys to write a program, but not everyone is a programmer or a typist so maybe it would make more sense to have a keyboard made for them and the rest can just have letters, numbers and punctuation on theirs...
@ArsonCuff (3114)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I do not use all of the keys and sometimes sticky keys gets stuck on and I use features I do not mean to or did not know existed just by using my regular keys..ahhh...I use a laptop so the keyboard isn't the biggest.