User Manual

Using the keys
You can quickly access information or perform functions by using certain keys and key combinations.
Using the action keys
An action key performs an assigned function. The icon on each of the function keys illustrates the assigned
function for that key.
To use an action key function, briefly press the fn key, and then briefly press the second key of the
combination.
The action key feature is enabled at the factory. You can disable this feature in HP Keyboard Control. See
Disable key assignments on page 18.
After you have disabled the action key feature, you can still perform each function by pressing the
appropriate key without the fn key.
TIP: You can change function and customize the action keys in HP Keyboard Control. See
Advanced
keyboard settings on page 16.
Icon Key Description
fn+f1 Opens Help and Support, which provides tutorials, information about the Windows operating
system and your computer, answers to questions, and updates to your computer.
Help and Support also provides automated troubleshooting tools and access to support.
fn+f2 Decreases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
fn+f3 Increases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
fn+f4 Switches the screen image between display devices connected to the system. For example,
if a monitor is connected to the computer, repeatedly pressing this key alternates the screen
image from the computer display to the monitor display to a simultaneous display on both
the computer and the monitor.
fn+f5 On select models, turns the keyboard backlight feature off or on.
NOTE: To conserve battery power, turn off this feature.
fn+f6 Plays the previous track of an audio CD or the previous section of a DVD or a BD.
fn+f7 Begins, pauses, or resumes playback of an audio CD, a DVD, or a BD.
fn+f8 Plays the next track of an audio CD or the next section of a DVD or a BD.
fn+f9 Decreases speaker volume incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
fn+f10 Increases speaker volume incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
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