F8 function key does not toggle Ortho in AutoCAD

When pressing the F8 key while working in AutoCAD, it does not toggle Ortho mode on and off as it should. Some or all of the other function ... LoginRegister English Arabicالعربية Chinese(Simplified,China)中文 Chinese(Traditional,Taiwan)中文 Croatianhrvatski Czechčeština DutchNederlands EnglishEnglish English(UnitedKingdom)English Frenchfrançais French(Canada)français GermanDeutsch Hebrewעברית Hungarianmagyar Italianitaliano Persianفارسى Polishpolski Portuguese(Brazil)português Russianрусский Spanishespañol Thaiไทย Home KnowledgeBase News Tickets Community F8functionkeydoesnottoggleOrthoinAutoCAD AutoCAD F8functionkeydoesnottoggleOrthoinAutoCADIssue:WhenpressingtheF8keywhileworkinginAutoCAD,itdoesnottoggleOrthomodeonandoffasitshould.Someoralloftheotherfunctionkeysalsomaynotwork.Causes:Onsomecomputers,therowoffunctionkeysdefaultsto"Multimediakey"modeinsteadofthetraditional"Functionkey"mode.Thisisacustomizationtypicallyappliedbythecomputermanufacturer.SometimestheMTEXTeditorwillswapfunctionkeysandaffectfunctionkeysoutsideoftheeditor.Solution:SwitchtheFunctionKeyRowsettingintheWindowsMobilityCenter:FromtheSTARTmenu,opentheControlPanel>HardwareandSound>WindowsMobilityCenter(orsearchforWindowsMobilityCenteronthemachineandopenitdirectly).UnderFunctionKeyRow,switchthesettingfrom"Multimediakeys"to"Functionkeys".Note:Thisislikelyfoundunderasectiontitled"Customizedby". Alternatively,ifthisoptionisn'tavailable,theremaybeaFunctionLockkeyonyourkeyboard.Togglethatkey.IftheFunctionLockiconissharedwithanotherkey,holddowntheFnkeyandthenhitthatkeywiththefunctionlockicononit. Ifthe YahooWidgetapplicationispresentonthesystem,uninstallit. IftheMTEXTeditoristheissue,installUpdate2forAutoCAD2017orinstallAutoCAD2018.  ArticleID:87,Created:10/3/2019at8:43AM,Modified:10/3/2019at8:43AM Wasthisarticlehelpful? Yes No Thanksforyourfeedback... 91%Helpful × Helpusimprove Howcanthisarticlebeimproved? Cancel Submit Sharethisarticle Facebook Twitter OtherSocialNetworks × ShareWithOthers Blogmarks Digg Diigo Facebook LinkedIn Mix Netvouz Reddit Tumblr Twitter Cancel Print × ForgotLogin Troubleloggingin?SimplyenteryouremailaddressORusernameinordertoresetyourpassword. Forfasterandmorereliabledelivery,addnoreply@fissupport.ipf.msu.edutoyourtrustedsenderslistinyouremailsoftware. EmailAddress Username Cancel SendResetEmail × Pleaseloginbelow Username Password RememberMe Close Register Login × NotLoggedIn Youmustbeloggedintoperformthisaction. Ok