The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. It is also used to access the special characters on the number keys and other double character keys on the keyboard!
The Shift key's primary function is to modify other keys when you hold it down: it changes letters to capitals, numbers on the top row to the symbols you see on the key, NumPad numbers to arrows, and arrows to highlighting.
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it's an "At" key or an "At sign" also known as "Commercial At"
By pressing Shift with the number keys below the function keys
F13 = {Shift Key}+F1 F14 = {Shift Key}+F2 F15 = {Shift Key}+F3 etc.
The Shift key is a modifier key on a standard keyboard. It could have many different functions and usages. Usage:To use it in its normal form, press the shift key down first then press another key on the keyboard at the same time. Primary Function: * Primary Function: To convert lower-case letters into upper-case (capital) letters.[For example: Letter character 'a' becomes 'A'] Other Functions Include:* To access special characters on the keyboard.[For example: Number character '1' becomes '!'] * To be used with other modifier keys to access a special feature in an operating system or a computer program.
The Apple keyboard has 1 function key of the bottom far left.
Each key has an associated code number so the computer can check the number to see which key is being pressed. The Scan Code for the Left Shift key is (on a typical USB keyboard) 44 and for the Right Shift is 57.
The F Lock on a keyboard disables the use of function keys. E.G: F1 F2 F3 etc.
FN (function) and F11. On ibm keyboards: Ctrl+Shift+ScrLk/NumLk
You hold the Shift key, and press the button next to the zero on the number line.
The @ key on a Dell keyboard is the upper case of the number 2, which is the third key (following ` and 1) on the top row (that is, the highest row of characters, which is below the row of function keys).