New Slim Apple Keyboard Software loaded-but where do I access this?

OK I loaded the 1.2 update (about 35 mb) "New Slim Keyboard" software, but not that I've rebooted, how do I actually access the features of that software? -- And function keys F17, F18 and F19 are new-- how to use them etc. etc.-- what is this software I installed actually doing that one cannot do in "Keyboard Shortcuts" in the Keyboard & Mouse Preference panel??
Thanks for any comments here.
Steve Sunday 16 December 2007

Thanks for your reply! However, I don't see any change in the "Keyboard & Mouse" preference panel after having installed the "Slim Keyboard" update. I don't see any additional "options" that refer to the keyboard's additional Function keys etc. (Perhaps I need "Leopard" to use some of these?)
Also, with this new keyboard, hitting the fn key then F4 brings up the WIDGETS, but F12 still does this-- I'm not sure of the advantage of having 2 key commands to do the same thing...
Also: In System 7 (and maybe 8 and 9 too), F3 was copy and F4 was paste-- those were great-- can I get those back with this keyboard (instead of cmd-C and cmd-V)??
Thanks for any additional comments here and if there is an instruction manual for the new keyboard / software-- j
Regards,
Steve
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