is there a way to change the keyboard fn to be default function keys

Anonymous

I use the function keys a lot more that I use the charm keys. Is there a way to switch them?

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Anonymous

Hold the Fn button and press the CapsLock. It works.

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Anonymous

Greetings,

*Moderator Update*

You can enable FN Lock by holding FN + CAPS for a few seconds.

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Anonymous

you can toogle the functions of the keys by pressing

FN (right of space)

left shift - lock (the key with the "A" in a square and the lock-symbol)

pressing them together for about 1 second toogles the funktions of the keys from search to F5 and back

Ralf

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Anonymous

This has been answered in a couple other threads but apparently the answer doesn't work for everyone. Still, it's worth trying:

Try key combination CAPLOCK (hold down) + Fn. You'll hear a click when you first hit the Caplock, but nothing when tapping the Fn key. That should toggle the top row of keys to now perform the Function as the default, and Fn + (key) will then do the indicated operation. I just retested mine and for example the search (magnifying glass) will do a browser page reload (F5).

The CAPLOCK+Fn toggle seems to stick around thru a restart as well, but might be reset by removing and reattaching the touch keyboard.

Hope this helps - if it works for you please mark as an answer for others.

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Anonymous

2014-07-16T22:06:30+00:00
Hi,

For Microsoft wedge bluetooth I found good workaround on this site:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_8-hardware/how-to-invert-wedge-keyboard-function-keys/7a7a03ba-a801-4560-ac3c-b21ada91a7ff?page=2

The answer is:

http://www.autohotkey.com/

With this script, work for me!
```
Media_Play_Pause::F1
Volume_Mute::F2
Volume_Down::F3
Volume_Up::F4
<+#F21::F5
<!<#F21::F6
<^<#F21::F7
<#F21::F8
PrintScreen::F9
Home::F10
End::F11
PgUp::F12
F1::Media_Play_Pause
F2::Volume_Mute
F3::Volume_Down
F4::Volume_Up
F5::<+#F21
F6::<!<#F21
F7::<^<#F21
F8::<#F21
F9::PrintScreen
F10::Home
F11::End
F12::PgUp
```
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