My problem is tht when using the keys with a letter and a number on the same key, the number keeps coming up instead of the letter. How do I disable this function?

Hi Tiffany,
The Numlock on your laptop is on that is why instead of letters you are getting numbers. In order to get it back to letters please check the key that says Num Lock where the green light is lit up all you have to do is to press it again to disable Num Lock. If in case you can't see it you may want to try pressing Fn + F11 once and check if you are still getting numbers, press Fn + F11 to disable it. Hope it helps.

Assuming you want to enter a name into the directory, simply keep pressing the appropriate key until you get the desired letter. For example, if you want one of "ABC" then keep pressing the "2" key to cycle through these letters.

That means you have the Num Lk (Number Lock)key on. And when you Press and Hold the FN function key at the lower left portion of the keyboard plus the keys you specified above the number appears instead of the letter.

Just hit your Num Lk key at the top of the keyboard to turn it off.

Oh yes, I have had this happen before and it sucks.

This problem is usually just due to having Num lock on. Try pressing the num lock button on your keyboard and see if this makes a difference. In the smaller notebooks and netbooks they combine the numbers and letters onto the same keys using num lock to distinguish the mode.

I think on your model the num lock button will be towards the top right of the keyboard. You may also have to press the FN (function) button at the same time, but I am not sure.

Also there should be a small led that illuminates or goes dark to inform you when num lock/scroll lock/caps lock are enabled/disabled.

Hi,

Those letters have secondary functions as numbers. Check if numlock is enabled. To disable it you need to press Fn and whatever key among F8, F11 or INSERT has the NUMLK function. after doing so, try those characters and see if they still type numbers instead of letters.

Try to press Fn key, hold it down and press the Numlock key.

There's a key on the keyboard that turns a "grid" of the alphabetic characters into a "grid' of numbers, like you would find on an adding-machine.

Press that key, to disable the "numeric pad" functionality.

You should be able to turn off the built in numeric keypad by pressing the fn key and the num lk simultaneously. The num lk is directly above the +/= key. If after doing this you still find you only momentarily turn off the numeric keyboard then there is another underlying issue. At that point you should take your unit to your area HP repair center.

use fn key plus numlk key

Did you try to use the "alpha key"? Press the number key that has the letter you need, then keep pressing the alpha key to get the letter you need.