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Does the on-screen keyboard on the Surface have functions keys like F11?
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JJ
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On my Surface Pro 3, there's a built-in program called "On-Screen Keyboard" that pops up much smaller keyboard with all functions. Not only the Fn key but also PgUp, PgDn, etc.
It also can be moved around on the screen easily to position it where you want.
Just go to Start/Search an enter "keyboard" You should find "On-Screen Keyboard" which you can pin to the Start menu and/or the Taskbar.
It's a little harder to type on because the keys are smaller, but it's really handier to use.
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Hi 5FOOTNOTHIN
Unfortunately the onscreen keyboard has no way to emulate function keys
Actually it's possible to add the other keys to the on screen keyboard. I found instructions to do this at the info page for the SSH Terminal app.
Summary of the instructions:
Change PC Settings => General => Touch Keyboard => Make the standard keyboard layout available => Turn on.
Then to access the keys touch the keyboard icon in the lower right of the screen and a pop up will have other language keyboard layouts ( if you have enabled them ) and below those a bunch of icons. The one with the most keys is the one you want.
Once you have the full screen keyboard mode… tap the "Fn" key on the lower left and the number row will be replaced with function keys.
Thanks. I use F11 a lot to get Firefox into full screen mode, and so this functionality is important to me, too.
But I believe that these instructions are for Windows 8. For Windows 8.1 on my Surface Pro, I did the following instead:
Change PC Settings => PC and devices => Typing => Touch Keyboard => Add the standard keyboard layout as a touch keyboard option => Turn on.
And then proceed as Daphne Pfister mentions.
