Related keyboard shortcuts and keysīelow are links to related keyboard shortcuts and individual key pages.Here’s a quick breakdown of what these options do: Smartphones and tablets don't have keyboards like you'd find on a desktop and laptop and therefore don't have an F3 key. Where is the F3 key on my smartphone or tablet? On the Microsoft Surface laptops, the F3 key secondary function plays and pauses audio in supported programs (e.g., Windows Media Player). On Logitech keyboards with an arrow pointing to the left on the key, the F3 key secondary function goes back into an Internet browser. On the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad keyboards with a speaker icon next to a plus, the F3 key secondary function is to turn up the volume. On Hewlett-Packard laptop keyboards with a brightness or sun icon on the F3 key, the secondary F3 function is to increase the screen brightness. The F3 key secondary function on Dell laptop keyboards is to mute and unmute the volume. With multiple backlight colors ( RGB) keyboard, FN+F3 adjusts the green color levels.With single-color keyboard backlight keyboards, FN+F3 increases the backlight brightness.On Cooler Master desktop keyboards, the F3 secondary function is one of the following options depending on the model. Pressing fn+ F3 for the secondary function is F3. The default fn key primary function on Apple keyboards opens Mission Control on an Apple computer running the macOS X operating system. Below is a list of different keyboards and their secondary function for the F3 key. Unfortunately, there's no standard to what each key uses as its secondary function, so every keyboard is different. In programs not mentioned above, F3 is often used to open up a search or find and sometimes finds the next search value.įor laptop keyboards and desktop computer keyboards with the Fn key, each function key has two functions.

In MS-DOS or Windows command line, F3 repeats the last command entered. The F3 button no longer does anything in Windows 10 on the desktop. With Microsoft Windows 7 and earlier, pressing F3 on the Windows desktop opens a window to find files. Shift+ F3 changes the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word. In Microsoft Word, Ctrl+ F3 lowercases any highlighted text. Windows key+ F3 opens the Advanced find window in Microsoft Outlook. In Windows Explorer, starts the search function. Microsoft ExcelĪfter a name is created, F3 pastes names.

The F3 on an Apple keyboard opens Mission Control on an Apple computer running the macOS X operating system. The following list is all the locations where the F3 key can be used with information about its use. If the F3 key is not working on the keyboard, see: Some keys on my computer keyboard aren't working.

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