In Windows on Mac, pressing function keys on a portable Mac and some other Apple keyboards controls hardware features. Boot Camp supports the volume, brightness, keyboard illumination, and media keys.
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In the Boot Camp Control Panel, you can change the default behavior, so that pressing a function key controls app features, and pressing a function key and the Fn key controls hardware features.
In Windows on your Mac, click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon , then choose Boot Camp Control Panel.
Macbook website tester. If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes.
Click Keyboard.
Select or deselect “Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys.”
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Some portable Mac computers have a group of keys with small numbers on them that can be used as a numeric keypad. To use these keys as a keypad, press the Num Lock (F6) key, or hold down the Fn key while you press the keys on the keyboard.
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Boot Camp Control Panel User Guide
You can set trackpad options that’ll affect clicking, secondary clicking, dragging, and more. Depending on your trackpad, you see only some of these configuration options.
In Windows on your Mac, click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon , then choose Boot Camp Control Panel.
If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes.
Click Trackpad.
In the One Finger section, select any of the following:
Tap to Click: Lets you tap the trackpad to click.
Dragging: Lets you move an item by tapping it, then immediately placing your finger on the trackpad and moving your finger.
Drag Lock: Take picture with macbook. Lets you tap the trackpad to release an item after dragging it.
Secondary Click: Lets you perform a secondary click by placing one finger in a corner of the trackpad and clicking. Choose the corner you want from the pop-up menu.
Under Two Fingers, select Secondary Click to be able to perform a secondary click by placing two fingers on the trackpad, then clicking.
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