Lenovo inverts those two keys. That means that if you’re used to another keyboard, you’ll often find yourself hitting Fn when you meant to hit Ctrl on a Lenovo keyboard, or vice versa.

Lenovo is justifiably proud of its replacement for the row of keys at the top of the typical keyboard. Its “adaptive function row” changes according to the application in use (you can also ...

Lenovo also broke with its long-standing tradition of putting the Fn key on the outermost edge and swapped it with Ctrl, where the majority of laptop and keyboard manufacturers put them.

Turn on your computer. Quickly press the key that opens the BIOS menu while the computer is booting. The key varies based on your laptop. HP laptops, for example, open BIOS with the "F10" key.

Pressing the fn button with the F keys will typically enable them to work. These 11 other keyboard shortcuts will make your life easier, too. Here’s the answer to the mystery of those function keys.

Because of this, other keyboard makers allow you to remap the Fn key to the Caps Lock key. This way you can access the arrow keys that are usually J, K, I, and L without having to leave the home row.