Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 11: Customizing Your notebook
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Adjusting the screen and desktop
settings
Tips & Tricks
If you are using an
external monitor, you
can adjust the screen
settings for brightness,
contrast, and
horizontal and vertical
image position using
the controls on the
front of your monitor.
For more information
about these
adjustments, see your
monitor guide.
Adjusting the color depth and screen area are
two of the most basic display settings you may
need to change. You can also adjust settings
such as the screen background and screen saver.
Adjusting the color depth
Help and
Support
For more information
about adjusting
display settings, click
Start, then click Help
and Support. Type the
keyword changing
display settings in
the Search box, then
click the arrow.
Color depth is the number of colors your screen
displays. Various image types require various
color depths for optimum appearance. For
example, simple color drawings may appear
adequately in 256 colors while color
photographs need millions of colors to be
displayed with optimum quality.
Windows lets you choose from several color
depth settings. We recommend that you use the
32-bit True Color setting at all times.
If the color in your images seems “false” or
“jumpy,” especially after you have played a game
or run a video-intensive program, check the
color depth setting and return it to 32-bit
True Color, if necessary.