Pointing Devices and Keyboard User Guide
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Table of contents 1 Pointing Devices TouchPad ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Using the TouchPad ............................................................................................................ 2 Setting TouchPad Preferences ............................................................................................ 3 Pointing stick ....................................................
Keypads Using the embedded numeric keypad ................................................................................................ 20 Enabling and disabling the embedded numeric keypad .................................................... 20 Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad .............................................. 20 Using an external numeric keypad .....................................................................................................
1 Pointing Devices The following chapter describes the use of the TouchPad and pointing devices.
TouchPad The following illustration and table describe the computer TouchPad. Component Description (1) TouchPad* Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen. Can be set to perform other mouse functions, such as scrolling, selecting, and doubleclicking. (2) Left TouchPad* button Functions like the left button on an external mouse. (3) TouchPad scroll zone* Scrolls up or down. (4) Right TouchPad button* Functions like the right button on an external mouse.
Setting TouchPad Preferences Mouse properties in Microsoft® Windows® allows you to customize settings for pointing devices, including ● TouchPad tapping, which enables you to tap the TouchPad once to select an object or twice to double-click an object (enabled in factory settings). ● Edge motion, which enables you to continue to scroll even though your finger has reached the edge of the TouchPad (disabled in factory settings).
Pointing stick The following illustration and table describe the computer pointing devices. Component Description (1) Left pointing stick button Functions like the left button on an external mouse. (2) Pointing stick Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen. (3) Right pointing stick button Functions like the right button on an external mouse. *This table describes factory settings.
2 Keyboard The following sections provide information on the keyboard features of the notebook. Hotkeys Hotkeys are combinations of the fn key (2) and either the esc key (1) or one of the function keys (3). The icons on the f3, f4, and f8 through f11 keys represent the hotkey functions. Hotkey functions and procedures are discussed in the following sections.
Hotkey quick reference Function Key Combination Display system information. fn+esc Clear system information fn+esc or click OK. Initiate standby. fn+f3 Alternate image between the computer display and an external display. fn+f4 Display battery information. fn+f8 Clear battery information. fn+f8 Decrease screen brightness. fn+f9 Increase screen brightness. fn+f10 Turn on and off ambient light sensor.
To resume from standby, briefly press the power button, press any key on the keyboard, or press a Quick Launch button. The function of the fn+f3 hotkey can be changed. For example, you can set the fn+f3 hotkey to initiate hibernation instead of standby. NOTE In all Windows operating system windows, references to the sleep button apply to the fn+f3 hotkey.
Switch the screen image (fn+f4) Press fn+f4 to switch the screen image among display devices connected to the system. For example, if a monitor is connected to the computer, each time you press fn+f4 the image switches among the computer display, the monitor display, and a simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor. Most external monitors receive video information from the computer using the external VGA video standard.
3 HP Quick Launch buttons Use the HP Quick Launch buttons to open frequently used programs, sometimes called applications in the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel. (1) (2) ENWW Component Description Info Center button Launches Info Center, which enables you to open various software solutions. You can also reprogram this button to perform one of the following actions: Presentation button ● Open presentation feature or the Q Menu. ● Open an e-mail editor.
Component Description The presentation button can be reprogrammed to perform one of the following actions: 10 Chapter 3 HP Quick Launch buttons ● Open the Q Menu or Info Center. ● Open an e-mail editor. ● Open a search box that allows you to search for a Web site.
Presentation button When you press the presentation button for the first time, the Presentation Settings dialog box opens. In this dialog box, you can set the button to perform one of the following actions: ● Open a program, folder, file, or Web site that you specify. ● Choose a power scheme. ● Choose a display setting.
Info Center button When you press the Info Center button for the first time, the Info Center opens, enabling you to open preset software solutions. If you choose not to use this factory setting for the Info Center button, you can reprogram the button to perform one of the following actions: 12 ● Open the Q Menu or start the presentation feature. ● Open an e-mail editor. ● Open a search box that allows you to search for a Web site.
HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel NOTE Some of the preferences listed in the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel may not be supported by your computer. Use the HP Quick Launch buttons to ● Program the presentation button and the Info Center button, and change the settings for each button. ● Add, modify, and remove items on the Q Menu. ● Set preferences for tiling windows on the Windows desktop. ● Adjust operating system and program font and icon settings.
To open the Q Menu or to open the Info Center when the button is pressed: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Programmable Buttons tab. 2. Click the down arrow next to the button you want to set, and click Q Menu or HP Info Center. 3. To save your preferences and close the control panel, click OK. To open an e-mail editor or to search for a Web site when the button is pressed: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Programmable Buttons tab. 2.
To display the Q Menu on the desktop: ▲ Right-click the HP Quick Launch Buttons icon and select Launch Q Menu. Setting Q Menu preferences The Q Menu can display up to 40 items. Several system-defined items are set at the factory to be displayed. You can choose to display these items or choose not to display them. Only user-defined items can be added. All items, including those defined in the factory settings, can be removed. The items on the Q Menu are managed from the Items to display on Q Menu list.
To change the display name and/or file name of a user-defined item: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Q Menu tab. 2. Click the item on the Items to display on Q Menu list. 3. Click Modify. ● To change the Display Name or File Name of the item using the keyboard, type the new name for the item in the Display Name box or type the new path to the item in the File Name box. If you prefer to type the Display Name, but browse for the File Name, leave the File Name box blank.
Setting Zoom preferences To change operating system and application font and icon settings: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Zoom tab. 2. Use the sliders to adjust the font and icon size in the operating system, and to adjust title and menu font size in programs. 3. To synchronize operating system and program settings, click the Synchronize OS and application settings box. 4. To save your preferences and close the control panel, click OK.
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4 Keypads The computer has an embedded numeric keypad and also supports an optional external numeric keypad or an optional external keyboard that includes a numeric keypad.
Using the embedded numeric keypad The 15 keys of the embedded numeric keypad can be used like the keys on an external keypad. When the embedded numeric keypad is turned on, each key on the keypad performs the function indicated by the icon in the upper-right corner of the key. Enabling and disabling the embedded numeric keypad Press fn+num lk to enable the embedded numeric keypad. The num lock light is turned on. Press fn +num lk again to return the keys to their standard keyboard functions.
Index A activating ambient light sensor hotkey 8 ambient light sensor setting 17 B battery charge information 6, 8 buttons Info Center 12 pointing stick 4 Presentation 11 Quick Launch 9 Quick Launch Buttons software 13 TouchPad 2 C composite video I icon assignments 17 Info Center button 12 8 D display image, switching 6, 8 screen brightness hotkeys 6, 8 E external keyboard assignments 17 F fn key 5 function keys 5 H hotkeys activating ambient light sensor 6 ambient light sensor 8 ENWW battery charge
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