In my post entitled, The F Key Icons, I mentioned that not all special icons are on the keyboard’s F keys. In fact, with some keyboards, there aren’t any icons on the F keys but, rather, they appear elsewhere. With that in mind, let’s look at a few more of the icons you might find on your keyboard.
Power Related Keyboard Icons
In this photo, we see three icons. The two with the padlocks are pretty self-evident. You can put the computer to sleep and wake it up with just a press of the button. Of course, when you awaken it, you’ll need to put in your password or PIN, assuming you use one. The third icon on the right will power down your computer. Pretty easy, don’t you agree?
Are You Fast On A Calculator?
While I have no idea how fast you are when using a calculator, I know if your keyboard has the icon above, you’ll be speedy at opening it. Yes, if you thought that looks like a calculator, you were correct. Press it and your computer’s calculator appears. No, pressing it a second time will not close the calculator!
Refreshing Keyboard Icons
The three icons above perform a variety of procedures. The first on the left will bring up search. If you’re NOT in a browser, it will bring up the Windows search. If you ARE in a browser, it will bring the search bar up so you can search.
The middle icon will refresh the web page you are on in a browser.
The icon all the way on the right will bring up your Favorites/Bookmarks when you’re in a browser. At least, in theory that’s what it’s supposed to do. On my computer, it does nothing!
Accountant’s Keyboard
If your computer keyboard has an accountant’s keyboard a.k.a. numeric keypad, you may find this icon:
What’s the Accountant’s Keyboard? That’s the extra keyboard area usually on the right-hand side. It has numbered keys 0-9 and some basic arithmetic function keys like Plus (+) and Negative (-). The Num Lock key allows the Accountant’s Keyboard to function with numbers or, if turned off, to function like cursor keys – left, right , up, down, etc. It looks something like this:
