The Fn key is also known as the function key, and on Windows and most Mac keyboards, you'll find it located in the bottom-left corner of your keyboard.

Swipe your way to apps and settings on Microsoft's Windows RT tablet, or use Windows key shortcuts and other keystroke combinations to zip to nearly any program or setting.

With Keyboard Manager, you can redefine keyboard keys and shortcuts used to trigger different commands.

To use them, you'll need to press and hold the Fn key on your keyboard, which will make the F keys appear in the Touch Bar. From there, you can select the key for the desired function.

You can use the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to tweak your keyboard by adding special characters or change the layout completely. One particularly useful function is the so-called “Dead key ...

Function keys that enable convenient features like instant browser refreshing or screenshotting pages are lost unless you hold down the “fn” key on your keyboard.

A Microsoft Keyboard is a keyboard designed by Microsoft that has a dedicated Office key on it. This key acts like the function key and opens a specific Office app when pressed with another key.

Launch Microsoft Office PowerPoint and open or create a spreadsheet like you would normally. Press the "F12" function key at the top of your keyboard to execute the Save As command.

Are those function keys basically occupying dead space on your keyboard? Tech guru Kim Komando (yep, that's her real name) tells us what they're useful for in Windows: These are also useful in ...

Throw in a couple of function keys, and I can use my keyboard to select text faster than any mouser can. To select a word at a time, press Ctrl-Shift and the left or right arrow key.

Since it also comes with free software, it's really down to Microsoft input devices or Microsoft logo polo shirts.<BR><BR>So, I've got this Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard.