Keyboard/keystroke help

I have recently upgraded to a MacBook Pro from an old MacBook. Previously, I would hit the F8, and then F9 keys to get a view of all open applications in each "space". I can still achieve this with my new mac, but now have to hit the "fn" key too. I'm curious if there is a way to achieve this view with a single keystroke, rather than method I'm currently using.
Thanks!

Start System Preferences and go to keyboard > keyboard tab> uncheck the "use all F1, F2, etc keys as standard function keys"
That should do what you want..
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