Below is a chart of keyboard functions specific to Microsoft Windows, and equivalent key combinations as they are mapped to Apple keyboards by the Apple Keyboard Support driver
Sample MacBook Pro built-in keyboard with a Windows keyboard below
| Function | PC keyboard | MacBook Pro built-in keyboard
|
| Print Screen |  |
   |
| Print active window | -- |  |
| Scroll Lock |  |
 |
| Pause/Break |  |
-- |
| Backspace delete |  |
 |
| Insert |  |
-- |
| Number lock |  |
 |
| Alt (Option) |  |
|
| Enter |  |
 |
| AltGr / Alt GR | (Right Alt key) |
 |
| Forward delete |  |
|
| Applications |  |
-- |
| Windows logo (Start menu) |  |
 |
Key mappings for Boot Camp features
Some keys are only available on a keyboard designed for Apple computers. They are either named differently or simply not available on a Windows-compatible keyboard.
Your Apple keyboard provides certain keys that are not available on Windows/PC keyboards.
| Function | PC keyboard | MacBook Pro built-in keyboard |
| Brightness down | -- |  |
| Brightness up | -- |  |
| Volume down | -- |  |
| Volume up | -- |  |
| Mute | -- |  |
| Media eject | -- |  |
| Media eject secondary optical drive | -- | |
| Delete | -- | |
| Fn (Function) | -- | |
| Display Mode Toggle | -- |  |
| Keyboard Illumination Toggle (MacBook Pro) | -- |  |
| Decrease Keyboard Illumination | -- |  |
| Increase Keyboard Illumination | -- |  |
Numeric keypad mappings
Apple external and built-in keyboards provide the same functionality as Microsoft-compatible numeric keypads.
To enable numerical input, press Num Lock on a PC keyboard, or Fn-Numlock on the MacBook Pro keyboard.
The chart below shows equivalent keystrokes.
| Function | PC keyboard | MacBook Pro built-in keyboard |
| Page Up |  |
 (Numlock off) |
| Page Down |  |
 (Numlock off) |
| Insert |  |
-- |
| Decimal Point |  |
 (Numlock off) |
| Delete | |
(Numlock off) |
| Up arrow |  |
(Numlock off) |
| Down arrow |  |
(Numlock off) |
| Left arrow |  |
 (Numlock off) |
| Right arrow |  |
 (Numlock off) |
| Home |  |
(Numlock off) |
Additional Information
Note: If you disable the Apple Keyboard Support driver in Windows, Windows will not recognize extended Function keys, nor the (Fn) key.
June 16th, 2009 - 03:17
Key mapping for Windows XP keys to MacBook keyboard shows that using the “fn” key with “F1-F12″ keys will mimic Windows F1-F12 keys. But this does not work on my MacBook with Windows XP. Toggling the keyboard option via Boot Camp Control Panel did not help either.
I am trying to redirect video output to multiple screens using F8 (the function key in Windows that does that).
October 18th, 2009 - 19:09
Thank you. Much better and easier to find that at Apple’s lame ass support site.
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