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Function Display system information. Open Help and Support. Decrease screen brightness. Increase screen brightness. Switch the screen image. Initiate Standby. Initiate QuickLock Launch Web browser. Launch printer. Hotkey fn+esc fn+f1 fn+f2 fn+f3 fn+f4 fn+f5 fn+f6 fn+f7 fn+f8 To use a hotkey command on the computer keyboard, follow either of these steps: ● Briefly press the fn key, and then briefly press the second key of the hotkey command. - or - ● Press and hold down the fn key, briefly press the second key of the hotkey command, and then release both keys at the same time. Displaying system information Press fn+esc to display information about system hardware components and the system BIOS version number. In the Windows fn+esc display, the version of the system BIOS (basic input-output system) is displayed as the BIOS date. On some computer models, the BIOS date is displayed in decimal format. The BIOS date is sometimes called the system ROM version number. 32 Chapter 3 Pointing devices and keyboard

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Function
Hotkey
Display system information.
fn+esc
Open Help and Support.
fn+f1
Decrease screen brightness.
fn+f2
Increase screen brightness.
fn+f3
Switch the screen image.
fn+f4
Initiate Standby.
fn+f5
Initiate QuickLock
fn+f6
Launch Web browser.
fn+f7
Launch printer.
fn+f8
To use a hotkey command on the computer keyboard, follow either of these steps:
●
Briefly press the
fn
key, and then briefly press the second key of the hotkey command.
– or –
●
Press and hold down the
fn
key, briefly press the second key of the hotkey command, and then
release both keys at the same time.
Displaying system information
Press
fn+esc
to display information about system hardware components and the system BIOS version
number.
In the Windows
fn+esc
display, the version of the system BIOS (basic input-output system) is displayed
as the BIOS date. On some computer models, the BIOS date is displayed in decimal format. The BIOS
date is sometimes called the system ROM version number.
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