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Setting a Power Conservation Level, Viewing Battery Charge Status, Adjusting Screen Brightness

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Setting a Power Conservation Level In Windows 98 press Fn+F7 to open the Power Schemes window. In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 press Fn+F7 to open the Battery Conservation Settings window. s To select a preset battery conservation level, choose among s High-Maximizes running time from a single charge. s Medium-Balances system performance with running time. s None (Drain)-Runs the computer at full power. s For information about the Custom level, refer to "Using Power Preferences" in Chapter 5. Viewing Battery Charge Status Press Fn+F8 to view the status of all installed battery packs. Battery packs are listed by location. s To display the location of a listed battery pack, select the corresponding battery icon. s A lightening bolt icon beside a battery icon indicates that the battery pack in that location is charging. NOTE: The availability of docking base bays varies by model and configuration. Adjusting Screen Brightness Press Fn+F10 to adjust the brightness of the computer screen with an onscreen slide button or with the arrow keys. Displaying System Information Press Fn+Esc to display information about system hardware components and software version numbers. NOTE: The number beside System BIOS is the version number of your system ROM. Stretching Text When the computer is running MS-DOS under Windows and the desktop area resolution is set lower than the display resolution, press Fn+T to toggle the image between Text Stretch, which stretches the text to fill more of the screen, and Regular. Text Stretch is the default. While Regular is selected, a graphics accelerator cannot be enabled. 3-6 Using the Keyboard

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Using the Keyboard
Setting a Power Conservation Level
In Windows 98
press
Fn+F7
to open the Power Schemes window.
In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
press
Fn+F7
to open the
Battery Conservation Settings window.
■
To select a preset battery conservation level, choose among
■
High—Maximizes running time from a single charge.
■
Medium—Balances system performance with running time.
■
None (Drain)—Runs the computer at full power.
■
For information about the Custom level, refer to “Using Power
Preferences” in Chapter 5.
Viewing Battery Charge Status
Press
Fn+F8
to view the status of all installed battery packs. Battery
packs are listed by location.
■
To display the location of a listed battery pack, select the
corresponding battery icon.
■
A lightening bolt icon beside a battery icon indicates that the
battery pack in that location is charging.
NOTE:
The availability of docking base bays varies by model and
configuration.
Adjusting Screen Brightness
Press
Fn+F10
to adjust the brightness of the computer screen
with an onscreen slide button or with the arrow keys.
Displaying System Information
Press
Fn+Esc
to display information about system hardware
components and software version numbers.
NOTE:
The number beside System BIOS is the version number of
your system ROM.
Stretching Text
When the computer is running MS-DOS under Windows and the
desktop area resolution is set lower than the display resolution,
press
Fn+T
to toggle the image between Text Stretch, which
stretches the text to fill more of the screen, and Regular. Text
Stretch is the default. While Regular is selected, a graphics
accelerator cannot be enabled.