Operation Manual

Hotkey combination Description
CAUTION: To r educe the risk of information loss, save your work before initiating Sleep.
NOTE: If a critical battery level occurs while the computer is in the Sleep state, the computer initiates
Hibernation and the infor mation stored in memory is saved to the hard drive.
The function of the fn+f3 hotkey can be changed. For example, you can set the fn+f3 hotkey to initiate
Hibernation instead of Sleep. In all Windows operating system windows, references to the sleep
button apply to the fn+f3 hotkey.
fn+f4 Switches the screen image among display devices connected to the system. For example, if a monitor
is connected to the computer, fn+f4 alternates the screen image from computer display to monitor
display to simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor.
Most external monitors receive video information from the computer using the external VGA video
standard. The fn+f4 hotkey can also a lternate images among other devices that are receiving video
information from the computer.
fn+f6 Decreases speaker volume.
fn+f7 Increases speaker volume.
fn+f8 Displays charge infor mation for all installed batteries. The display indicates which batteries are
charging a nd reports the amount of charge remaining in each battery.
fn+f9 Decreases the screen brightness level.
fn+f10 Increases the screen brightness level.
fn+f11 Activates and deactivates the ambient light sensor. When activated, the ambient light sensor
automatically adjusts the display brightness based o n the lighting conditions in your environment.
Using keypads
The computer includes an integrated numeric keypad. The computer also supports an optional external
numeric keypad or an optional external keyboard that includes a numeric keypad.
Using the integrated numeric keypad
NOTE: Refer to the illustration that most closely matches your computer.
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