Citations:shift


 * It consists of 46 keys but it can be reduced to 44, arranged in four rows in two shifts as it is in practice today, or it can be converted to 32 keys with three shifts, to contain 96 characters.
 * It consists of 46 keys but it can be reduced to 44, arranged in four rows in two shifts as it is in practice today, or it can be converted to 32 keys with three shifts, to contain 96 characters.

Noun: a modifier key of computer keyboards

 * Japanese keyboards are very poorly designed and very hard to redesign. Even the national, standard keyboard is very poor. It is divided into four sections. Two shifts for the alphanumeric keyboard and two shifts for KATAKANA. You will have to handle four shifts on the keyboard and that would make the keyboard very difficult to use.
 * I'd written a keyboard driver which allows to have two keyboard maps and switch between them by pressing two Shifts.
 * Most other keys send an internal code along with the state of the Control and Shift keys. It is not possible to detect Shift or Control by themselves, or distinguish between the two Shifts.
 * Q. What happens if I press both shift keys?
 * A. Even bigger letters may show up on your screen. You should not use this feature, however, because these letters are also brighter, and may cause Screen Burn-In, which would be particularly embarrassing if you were typing something naughty at the time. You might consider obtaining the author's Shift Key Burn-In Protector program for only $139.95. Or you might not, it's your computer, but don't say I didn't warn you.
 * For example: To type o#p, you have to press the shift key and the number key 3.
 * Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow selects the entire range B1:B10. Pressing Shift+Down Arrow once expands the selection with one more cell. Instead pressing Shift+Up Arrow shortens the selection by one cell. The Shift key keeps all in-between cells included in this selection.
 * So if you find yourself wondering why pressing a hotkey isn't working, make sure you aren't pressing Shift or that the Caps Lock isn't enabled, capitalizing your entries when they should be lowercase.
 * A. Even bigger letters may show up on your screen. You should not use this feature, however, because these letters are also brighter, and may cause Screen Burn-In, which would be particularly embarrassing if you were typing something naughty at the time. You might consider obtaining the author's Shift Key Burn-In Protector program for only $139.95. Or you might not, it's your computer, but don't say I didn't warn you.
 * For example: To type o#p, you have to press the shift key and the number key 3.
 * Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow selects the entire range B1:B10. Pressing Shift+Down Arrow once expands the selection with one more cell. Instead pressing Shift+Up Arrow shortens the selection by one cell. The Shift key keeps all in-between cells included in this selection.
 * So if you find yourself wondering why pressing a hotkey isn't working, make sure you aren't pressing Shift or that the Caps Lock isn't enabled, capitalizing your entries when they should be lowercase.
 * Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow selects the entire range B1:B10. Pressing Shift+Down Arrow once expands the selection with one more cell. Instead pressing Shift+Up Arrow shortens the selection by one cell. The Shift key keeps all in-between cells included in this selection.
 * So if you find yourself wondering why pressing a hotkey isn't working, make sure you aren't pressing Shift or that the Caps Lock isn't enabled, capitalizing your entries when they should be lowercase.
 * So if you find yourself wondering why pressing a hotkey isn't working, make sure you aren't pressing Shift or that the Caps Lock isn't enabled, capitalizing your entries when they should be lowercase.