Zoom out Windows

I once had a netbook with a keyboard where you could use the Fn key with various other keys to type all the numpad keys that weren’t actually present. For example I could type a degree symbol by holding ALT while typing 248 on the numpad keys. Can’t do it on most no numpad laptops. I could press numpad asterisk in Device Manager to fully expand the device tree. Again, can’t do it in most no numpad laptops. I wish the idea was used on all keyboards that have no numpad.