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•ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,thenclickShutdown.

•ForWindows8.1:Dooneofthefollowing:

–GototheStartscreenbypressingtheWindowskey

,clickthepowericon,thenclickShutdown.

–Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Then

clickSettings➙Power➙Shutdown.

Note:YoualsocanopentheSettingscharmbypressingthesettingskey.

Thereareseveralwaysforyoutoturnoffthecomputer.

HowdoIusebatterypowermoreeffectivelywhenIamonthego?

•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingﬁles,see“Power-saving

modes”onpage33.

•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.

See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage33.

•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,removetheexternalbatterypack,and

followtheinstructionsin“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage109todisabletheinternalbuilt-in

batterysoastopreventbatterypowerfromdraining.

HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive?

•StudyChapter5“Security”onpage63

toﬁndouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand

unauthorizeduse.

•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Formoreinformation,

seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic

“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage72

HowdoIgetconnectedindifferentlocations?

•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.

•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe

Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows

8.1operatingsystem).

•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on

page36.

•Totravelmoreconﬁdently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage61

•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.

HowdoIgivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitor?

•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage39

•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternal

monitor.See“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage39.

Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?

•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage93

•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on

page131.

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