Turn on Macbook with keyboard

Good Morning
I was wondeing if there is a way to turn on the Macbook using the external keyboard as I have an external Monitor setup.
Thanks in advance
Robert

No, your best bet would be to set up sleep mode and wake it up using the keyboard.

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If the laptop is in sleep mode it is possible to wake it by tapping spacebar- but to start from complete power off...don't think so.
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