They are on your keyboard and are not for display. We are talking about the F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 keys ... that you have on your keyboard or Windows computer. A great majority of users know the most frequent ones, but the truth is that many others have never even used them, unless they press them by mistake.
It is likely, however, that those who are more used to these keys and therefore more familiar with their functionalities are expert users . Computer scientists or those who by professional deformation have been interested in them.
In fact, if you had them more present, surely you would take advantage of them and do some of your daily tasks in a more agile and fast way . Today we tell you what each of the F keys on the keyboard are for and what are all their possible combinations.
What are the keys F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 ...
F1. It is useful to open the help window of a program or an application, provided that we have it open at the right moment in which we press the key, of course.
F2 . This key is not functional if we do not use it in combination with something. It is used to change the name of a file or folder , but to activate this option it will be essential to have it selected.
F3 . If you need to open the quick search menu, just press this key. It will work instantly, wherever you are.
F4 . This key is used to close a program that you have open, but for this to take effect it will be necessary to combine this key with the one called ALT . When you press them at the same time, the page or application that is currently running will close.
F5 . Even if you don't have the slightest idea of computing, it is very likely that you know exactly what this key is for. It is useful for refreshing the page, especially when you browse the Internet and need to see if there has been any change to a page.
F6 . With this key you can move through the keyboard through the program menus . When you press this key, the computer cursor will move to the text indicator, to different parts of the program. If you are on a web page, the cursor will move from a web page to the address bar of the search engine or vice versa.
F7 . Do you use Microsoft Word often? What about its spelling and grammar checking features? Well, in that case, the F7 key will not come to you, because it is used to activate a pop-up window to make a review within the text that you have added in the document. In the rest of the spaces on the computer, including the web, when you press F7 nothing will happen at first.
F8 . The F8 key can do two different things. The first, if you use Word, it can be useful to select text. Another useful option - especially for experts who know what they do - is to activate the failsafe mode , to carry out some kind of test or repair. This key must be held down when turning on the computer.
F9. It can be very useful in your daily tasks, because the F9 key is useful , for example, to update Outlook and receive or send emails, recalculate Excel formulas or update a Word document.
F10 . By pressing the F10 key you will access the navigation bar . At the same time, you can combine it with the Shift key to activate the pop-up window that you can also activate by clicking the right mouse button.
F11 . The F11 key is used to expand the browser window to full screen. In fact, if you've ever pressed this key by mistake, you may have been a bit scared, because you don't know how to get back to normal. Actually all you have to do is press F11 again . If you are working in Word, you will also have the option to locate the links faster. If you usually use Excel, by clicking here you can insert a graph.
F12 . It's another one of those keys with which you usually get scared. Because when you press it, it shows you the Internet page you are viewing in HTML and with a split screen . If you are inside any of the programs that work with Word, you will quickly access the save function.
Some possible combinations
As with many other keys on the Windows keyboard , some can be combined with each other to carry out other actions quickly and easily. In this case, you can do the following:
ALT + F4 . It is a good way to quickly close a program, without having to press the cross that you usually use to close them. You just have to learn this combination or shortcut and see if it really works for you. You may be so used to hitting the crosshair that finding these two keys may not seem so useful to you.
ALT + F6 . This combination is useful when using different windows of the same program, because by pressing this pair of keys you can switch between them.
SHIFT + F10 . If you prefer to use the keyboard instead of the mouse, this key combination will come in handy. Because it performs the same function as touching the right mouse button.