Operation Manual

CustomizingtheThinkPadpointingdevice

YoucancustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevicesoyoucanuseitmorecomfortablyandefﬁciently.For

example,youcanchoosetoenabletheTrackPointpointingdevice,thetrackpad,orboth.Youalsocan

disableorenablethetouchgestures.

TocustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevice,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse.TheMousePropertieswindowisdisplayed.

3.IntheMousePropertieswindow,followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletethecustomization.

Replacingthecapofpointingstick

Thecap1ontheendofthepointingstickisremovable.Afteryouusethecapforaperiodoftime,you

mightconsiderreplacingthecapwithanewone.Togetanewcap,contactLenovoCustomerSupport

Center.See“CallingLenovo”onpage146.

Note:Ensurethatyouuseacapwithgroovesaasshowninthefollowingillustration.

Powermanagement

Whenyouneedtouseyourcomputerawayfromelectricaloutlets,youdependonbatterypowertokeep

yourcomputerrunning.Differentcomputercomponentsconsumepoweratdifferentrates.Themoreyou

usethepower-intensivecomponents,thefasteryouconsumebatterypower.

SpendmoretimeunpluggedwithThinkPadbatteries.Mobilityhasrevolutionizedbusinessbyenabling

youtotakeyourworkwhereveryougo.WithThinkPadbatteries,youwillbeabletoworklongerwithout

beingtiedtoanelectricaloutlet.

Usingtheacpower

Thepowertorunyourcomputercancomeeitherfromthebatteryorfromacpower.Whileyouuseac

power,thebatterieschargeautomatically.

Yourcomputercomeswithanacpoweradapterandapowercord.

•acpoweradapter:Convertsacpowerfornotebookcomputeruse.

•Powercord:Connectstheacoutletandtheacpoweradapter.

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