F1 |
Brings up a Help window in many applications, including browsers, Microsoft Office and others |
F2 |
Renames a selected object |
F3 |
Opens search box in browsers |
F4 |
Displays the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer (Windows XP) |
F5 |
Updates the active Window. Useful to refresh a displayed page in a browser |
F6 |
Cycles through the screen elements in a window |
F7 |
Turn on/off Caret Mode (Firefox). Performs Spell and Grammar check (MS Word) |
F8 |
Extend selection (MS Office) |
F9 |
Updates fields (MS Office) |
F10 |
Activates menu bar options |
F11 |
Toggles between full screen and normal display in browsers |
F12 |
Opens “Save as” dialog (MS Office) |