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    Pointing Devices and Keyboard Document Part Number: 406845-001 April 2006 This guide explains the pointing devices and keyboard on the computer.
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    Hotkey procedures 2-3 Switch image (fn+f4 2-5 Display and clear system information (fn+esc). . . . . 2-6 Quick Launch buttons 2-7 Presentation button 2-9 Info Center button 2-9 HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel 2-10 Setting the ambient light sensor 2-19 Pointing Devices and Keyboard ii
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    the embedded numeric keypad 3-3 Using an external numeric keypad 3-3 Enabling and disabling num lock mode on an external numeric keypad 3-4 Index iii Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    1 Pointing Devices The following sections provide information on the pointing device features of the computer, which vary by model. ✎ Your computer may look slightly different from the illustrations in this chapter. Pointing Devices and Keyboard 1-1
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    left button on an external mouse. Functions like the center button on an external mouse. Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen. Functions like the right button on an external mouse. Scrolls up or down. Functions like the right button on an external mouse. (Continued
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    on an external mouse. 9 TouchPad* Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen. Can be set to perform other mouse functions, such as scrolling, selecting, and double-clicking. TouchPad settings, refer to "Setting pointing device preferences." Pointing Devices and Keyboard 1-3
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    direction you want the pointer to go. Use the pointing stick buttons as you would the corresponding buttons on an external mouse. 1-4 Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    connected to the system using the ports on an optional docking device. Setting pointing device preferences Mouse Properties in Microsoft® Windows® allows you to customize pointing device settings, including: ■ > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Mouse. Pointing Devices and Keyboard 1-5
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    2 Keyboard The following sections provide information on the keyboard features of the computer. ✎ Your computer may look slightly different from the illustrations in this chapter. Pointing Devices and Keyboard 2-1
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    Keyboard Hotkeys Hotkeys are preset combinations of the fn key 1 and either the esc key 2, or one of the function keys 3. functions and procedures are discussed in the following sections. ✎ The hotkey feature is available only when the computer is running Windows. 2-2 Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    from standby Alternate between computer display and external display Display battery information Clear battery information Decrease screen brightness Increase screen brightness Turn on and off ambient light sensor Display system information Clear system information Press fn+f3 Power button fn+f4 fn
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    Keyboard Initiate standby (fn+f3) Press fn+f3 to initiate standby. When standby is initiated, your information is stored in random access memory (RAM), the screen is cleared, and power is conserved. While the computer is in standby, the power lights blink. Ä CAUTION: To reduce the risk of
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    cards with S-Video-in jacks) ■ Composite video (televisions, camcorders, VCRs, and video capture cards with composite-video-in jacks) ✎ Composite video devices can be connected to the system only by using an optional docking device. View battery pack charge information (fn+f8) Press fn+f8 to display
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    the ambient light sensor," in this chapter. Display and clear system information (fn+esc) Press fn+esc to display information about system hardware components and the system BIOS version number. Press fn+esc a second time to remove the system information from the screen. In the Windows fn+esc
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    Keyboard Quick Launch buttons Use the HP Quick Launch buttons to open frequently used programs, sometimes called applications in the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel. Pointing Devices and Keyboard 2-7
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    Keyboard Component 1 Info Center button 2 Presentation button Description Launches Info Center, . This feature opens a program, folder, file, or Web site, and simultaneously displays it on both the computer screen and on an external device. Refer to "Presentation button" for more information. The
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    you specify. ■ Choose a power scheme. ■ Choose a display setting. The image simultaneously displays on the computer screen and on an external device connected to one of the following: ■ The external monitor port ■ The S-Video-out jack ■ Ports and jacks on an optional docking device If you choose not
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    instructions for setting preferences within the control panel. For additional on-screen information about any item on the control panel, select the Help button in the upper-right corner of the window. The Help button is identified with a question mark icon. 2-10 Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    the Info Center when the button is pressed: a. Click the down arrow next to the button you want to set, and click Q Menu or HP Info Center. ✎ For more information on the Q Menu, refer to "Displaying the Q Menu." b. To save your preferences and close the control panel, click OK. Pointing Devices and
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    Keyboard 2-12 ❏ To open an e-mail editor or to search for a Web site when the you can select the screen resolution for both the computer screen and the external monitor. You can alternate between displays by pressing the presentation button. If you do this, the power scheme reverts to the original
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    To remove an item from the Q Menu: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Q Menu tab. 2. On the Items to display on Q Menu list, clear the check box for each item you want to remove. 3. To save your preferences and close the control panel, click OK. Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    on a drive, network, or the Internet: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Q Menu tab. 2. Click Add. 3. In the Add New Menu Entry dialog box, you can add the item by typing or by browsing: ❏ To add the item using the keyboard, type a name for the item in the Display Name
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    file name of a user-defined item: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Q Menu tab. 2. Click the item on the Items to display on Q Menu list. 3. Click Modify. ❏ To change the Display Name or File Name of the item using the keyboard, type the new name for the item in the
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    the Items to display on Q Menu list. To remove a user-defined item: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Q Menu tab. 2. Click the item you want to remove. 3. Click Remove. 4. To save your preferences and close the control panel, click OK. 2-16 Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    Keyboard Setting tiling preferences To set tiling preferences on the Windows desktop: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Quick Tile tab. your preferences and close the control panel, click OK. ✎ To restore the default settings, click the Default button. Pointing Devices and
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    not be supported by your computer. To set a preference: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Preferences tab. 2. To display or . ✎ For on-screen information about any item on the Preferences tab, click the Help button in the upper-right corner of the window, and then click
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    Keyboard Setting the ambient light sensor The computer features a built-in light sensor that automatically adjusts the display brightness based on the lighting conditions in your environment. You can turn the ambient light sensor on and off in 3 ways: ■ By pressing the fn+f11 hotkey. ■ Through the
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    Keypads The computer has an embedded numeric keypad and also supports an optional external numeric keypad or an optional external keyboard that includes a numeric keypad. Component 1 Num lock light 2 fn key Pointing Devices and Keyboard Description On: Num lock is on. Executes frequently used
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    fn+num lk to enable the embedded numeric keypad. The num lock light is turned on. Press fn+num lk again to return the keys to their standard keyboard functions. ✎ The embedded numeric keypad will not function while an external keyboard or numeric keypad is connected to the computer or to an optional
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    alternate the functions of keys on the embedded numeric keypad between their standard keyboard functions and their keypad functions by using the fn key or the fn+ external keypad is turned on, the num lock light on the computer is turned on. When num lock on an external keypad is turned off
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    Keypads Enabling and disabling num lock mode on an external numeric keypad To turn num lock on or off on an external numeric keypad as you work: » Press the num lk key on the external numeric keypad, not on the computer. 3-4 Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    Index A alternating displays 2-5 ambient light sensor 2-3 B battery charge, displaying information 2-5 buttons Info Center 2-8, 2-9 presentation 2-8, 2-9 Quick Launch 2-7 TouchPad 1-3 C composite video 2-5 D disabling num lock 3-3, 3-4 E embedded numeric keypad 3-2 enabling num lock 3-3, 3-4
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    num lock light 3-1 P pointing stick 1-2 presentation button 2-8, 2-9 Q Q Menu displaying 2-13 preferences 2-13 removing 2-13 repositioning displaying 2-6 T tiling, setting preferences 2-17 TouchPad described 1-3 setting preferences 1-5 Z zoom preferences 2-17 Index-2 Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Pointing Devices and Keyboard First Edition: April 2006 Document Part Number: 406845-001
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Pointing Devices and
Keyboard
Document Part Number: 406845-001
April 2006
This guide explains the pointing devices and keyboard on the
computer.