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What is the difference between the caps lock and the shift key?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Caps Lock will "lock" you into typing capital letters when you press it. You will continue to type in upper case until you press the caps lock key again to release it, at which point your work will be produced in lower case again. Caps lock only affects the letters A-Z and is mainly used if you want to type anything more than a couple of consecutive letters in capitals.
Shift will only affect what you type while you actually hold that key down; it does not "lock" in the same way that caps lock does. Shift will also produce capital A-Z letters but in addition it allows you to select special characters on the keyboard, for instance the symbols set above the numbers and the use of quotes and other specials that you see in the top half of the keys on your keyboard.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoCaps lock will simply let you type in Uppercase without holding the button.
Shift key, which is more commonly used for single caps, is also used as a command key. For example: Ctrl+shift will change input method.
Besides, shift is also used to type special characters, like !?* etc, which the Caps lock doesn't have such function.
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoA caps lock key will allow a person to type letters on a keyboard in capitals without hitting the shift key every time. A shift key allows a person to type a capital letter here and there.
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When you have caps lock on and you put shift on is it in capitals?
NO
How do you change from all caps to no caps on an I phone?
To turn on caps-lock, double-tap the shift button (up arrow). To turn caps-lock off, just tap the shift button once.
When caps lock is on its lower casing your letters instead of capitalizing them?
You can Un caps lock it by pressing the caps lock once again .... Or if you keep it on caps lock you have to hold shift and then the letter you want and it will appear lower case
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Press and hold caps lock not shift and the bar will sink into the ground and you will overpower the level. Think CAPS LOCK and then press CAPS LOCK.
You want to use your Shift key to unlock the Caps Lock Since your computer came back from servicing you have to unlock Caps Lock by pressing Caps Lock a second time?
Yes, by pressing the Caps Lock key a second time it will unlock.
CAPS LOCK IS on?
If you want to turn CAPS LOCK off, you press the button on the left hand side of the keyboard above shift and crtl. Hope this helps :)
How do you do caps lock on your blackberry curve?
If you press alt then the right shift key, it'll caps lock everything for you without you having to hold anything down.
How do you come off caps lock?
You can press the Caps lock button or if that didn't work every time you type press shift unless you want a capital letter :)
When you shift some keys on the keyboard the red symbol on the key appears not the top symbol?
the caps lock,num lock,or the scroll lock.
What are the four main pants of the keyboard?
Shift and caps lock and numbers and space bar
How do you lock the shift key?
You release a key when you take your finger off it. Second opinion.If only it was that simple !! There are configuration that require the caps key to be depressed to release the caps lock.
