Getting Started - Windows 7

Table of contents
1 Welcome .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
What's new? ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Finding information ............................................................................................................................... 1
2 Getting to know your computer ..................................................................................................................... 3
Top ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Top cover ............................................................................................................................. 3
TouchPad ............................................................................................................................ 4
Lights ................................................................................................................................... 5
Power button ........................................................................................................................ 6
Keys ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Front ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Right side ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Left side .............................................................................................................................................. 10
Display ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................ 12
3 Networking .................................................................................................................................................... 13
Using an Internet service provider (ISP) ............................................................................................ 13
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................... 14
Connecting to an existing WLAN ....................................................................................... 14
Setting up a new WLAN ..................................................................................................... 14
Configuring a wireless router ............................................................................ 14
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................... 15
4 Keyboard and pointing devices ................................................................................................................... 16
Using the keyboard ............................................................................................................................ 16
Identifying the hotkeys ....................................................................................................... 16
Using keypads ................................................................................................................... 17
Using an optional external numeric keypad ...................................................... 17
Using pointing devices ....................................................................................................................... 18
Setting pointing device preferences ................................................................................... 18
Using the TouchPad .......................................................................................................... 18
Turning the TouchPad on and off ...................................................................... 18
Navigating ......................................................................................................... 18
Selecting ........................................................................................................... 19
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