TouchPad and Keyboard User Guide
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Table of contents 1 TouchPad Using the TouchPad ............................................................................................................................. 2 Connecting an external mouse ............................................................................................................. 2 Setting TouchPad preferences ............................................................................................................. 2 2 Keyboard Hotkeys ..................................
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1 TouchPad The following illustration and table describe the computer TouchPad. Component Description (1) Blue: TouchPad is enabled. TouchPad light Amber: TouchPad is disabled. (2) TouchPad* Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen. (3) TouchPad horizontal scroll zone* Allows you to scroll left or right. (4) Left TouchPad button* Functions like the left button on an external mouse. (5) Right TouchPad button* Functions like the right button on an external mouse.
Using the TouchPad To move the pointer, slide your finger across the TouchPad surface in the direction you want the pointer to go. Use the left and right TouchPad buttons as you would the corresponding buttons on an external mouse. To scroll up and down using the TouchPad vertical scroll zone, slide your finger up or down over the vertical white line. To scroll left and right using the TouchPad horizontal scroll zone, slide your finger left or right over the horizontal white line.
2 Keyboard The following sections provide information on the keyboard features of the computer. Hotkeys Hotkeys are combinations of the fn key (1) and either the esc key (2) or one of the function keys (3). The icons on the f1 through f12 keys represent the hotkey functions. Hotkey functions and procedures are discussed in the following sections. ENWW To perform this function Press Display system information. fn+esc Open the Help and Support Center. fn+f1 Open the Print Options window.
To perform this function Press Play the previous track or section on an audio CD or a DVD. fn+f11 Play the next track or section on an audio CD or a DVD. fn+f12 Using hotkeys To use a hotkey command on the computer keyboard, either ● Briefly press the fn key, and then briefly press the second key of the hotkey command. – or – ● Press and hold down the fn key, briefly press the second key of the hotkey command, and then release both keys at the same time.
Until you have set up your Internet or network services, the fn+f3 hotkey opens the Windows Internet Connection Wizard. After you have set up your Internet or network services and your Web browser home page, you can press fn+f3 to quickly access your home page and the Internet. Switch the screen image (fn+f4) Press fn+f4 to switch the screen image among display devices connected to the system.
Initiate standby (fn+f5) Press fn+f5 to initiate standby. When standby is initiated, your information is stored in random access memory (RAM), the screen is cleared, and power is conserved. While the computer is in standby, the power lights blink. CAUTION To reduce the risk of information loss, save your work before initiating standby. The computer must be turned on before you initiate standby. If the computer is in hibernation, you must restore from hibernation before you can initiate standby.
Play, pause or resume an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f9) The fn+f9 hotkey functions only when an audio CD or a DVD is inserted. If the audio CD or the DVD is ● Not playing, press fn+f9 to begin or resume the play. ● Playing, press fn+f9 to pause the play. Stop an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f10) Press fn+f10 to stop the play of an audio CD or a DVD.
Quick Launch Buttons software You can use the Quick Launch Buttons control panel to ● Set preferences for tiling windows on the Windows desktop. ● Set advanced preferences, including ● Setting preferences for the display of the Quick Launch Buttons icon. ● Setting button assignments for the Easy Access buttons on an optional external keyboard. NOTE Quick Launch buttons are called Easy Access buttons on an optional external keyboard.
Setting advanced preferences You can set icon and external keyboard assignments in the Quick Launch Button control panel. Displaying the Quick Launch Buttons icon To show or hide the Quick Launch Buttons Properties icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar, or on the Windows desktop: 1. Open the Quick Launch Buttons control panel: ● Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Quick Launch Buttons. – or – ● 2. 3.
Setting button assignments on an external keyboard If you are using an optional HP external keyboard that features Easy Access buttons, you can set Easy Access button assignments and schemes on the Settings tab. The Settings tab is disabled and hidden by default. To display and enable the Settings tab in the Quick Launch Buttons control panel: 1. Open the Quick Launch Buttons control panel: ● Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Quick Launch Buttons. – or – ● 2.
3 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. ENWW Component Description (1) fn key Executes frequently used system functions when pressed in combination with a function key or the esc key. (2) num lock light On: Num lock is on. (3) num lk key When pressed with the fn key, enables the embedded 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 B buttons, TouchPad C composite video 1 5 D display image, switching 5 screen brightness hotkeys 6 F fn key 3 function keys 3 H Help and Support Center hotkey 4 hotkeys audio CD or DVD controls 7 decreasing screen brightness 6 description 3 displaying system information 4 increasing screen brightness 6 initiating QuickLock 6 initiating standby 6 opening Help and Support Center 4 opening Print Options window 4 opening Web browser 4 switching screen image 5 using 4 K keyboard hotkeys, identifying 3
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