HP Nc8430 Pointing Devices and Keyboard

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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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    1 Pointing Devices Identifying pointing devices 1-2 Using the TouchPad 1-4 Using the pointing stick (select models only 1-4 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
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    Contents 3 Keypads Using the embedded numeric keypad 3-2 Enabling and disabling the embedded numeric keypad 3-2 Switching key functions on 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
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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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    pointing stick button (select models only) 3 Pointing stick (select models only) 4 Right pointing stick button (select models only) 5 TouchPad scroll zone* 6 Right TouchPad button* Description Functions like the left button on an external mouse. Functions like the center button on an external mouse
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    button* Description Functions like the center button on an external mouse. Functions like the left button 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
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    your finger up and down over the lines. ✎ If you are using the TouchPad to move the pointer, you must lift your finger off the TouchPad before moving it to the scroll zone. Simply sliding your finger from the TouchPad to the scroll zone will not activate the scrolling function. Using the pointing
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    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: ■ TouchPad tapping, which enables you to tap the TouchPad once to select an object or twice to double
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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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    represent the hotkey functions. Hotkey 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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    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+f8 fn+f8 fn
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    memory (RAM), the screen is cleared, and power is conserved. While the computer is in standby, the power power button. The function of the fn+f3 hotkey can be changed. For example, you can set the fn+f3 hotkey to initiate hibernation instead of standby. ✎ In all Windows operating system windows
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    with examples of devices that use them, are supported by the fn+f4 hotkey: ■ LCD (computer display) ■ External VGA (most external docking device. View battery pack charge information (fn+f8) Press fn+f8 to display charge information for all installed battery packs. The display indicates which battery
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    the system information from the screen. 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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    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, which enables you to open various software solutions. You can also reprogram this button to perform one of the following actions: ■ Open an application, folder, file, or Web site. ■ Open the presentation
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    program, folder, file, or Web site that you specify. ■ Choose a power scheme. ■ Choose a display setting. The image simultaneously displays on the computer port ■ The S-Video-out jack ■ Ports and jacks on an optional docking device If you choose not to use the presentation button default settings,
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    supported by the computer. You can use the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel to ■ Program the presentation button and the Info Center button, and change the settings for each button. ■ Add, modify, and remove items on the Q Menu. ■ Set preferences for tiling windows on the Windows HP instructions
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    open 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
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    , and click to select one. d. Click an option from the Power Scheme list, or click Power Options to open the Power Options control panel to view or change the current power scheme. ✎ By default the Presentation power scheme is selected when the presentation button is pressed. e. Select a display
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    computers. To display the Q Menu on the desktop: » Right-click the HP Quick Launch Buttons icon and select Launch Q Menu. Setting Q Menu preferences The Removing a Q Menu item 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
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    to display on Q Menu list-for example, an item on a drive, network, or the Internet: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Q Menu tab. 2. Click ❏ To add an item by browsing, click the Browse button. ❏ In the window, select the item. (The full name of the item is displayed in the
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    change the display name and/or 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 Display Name or File Name by browsing, click the Browse button. In the window, select the item. (The full name of the item is displayed in
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    display on Q Menu list System-defined items cannot be removed from 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
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    preferences To set tiling preferences on the Windows desktop: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Zoom preferences To change operating system and application font and icon settings: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Zoom tab. 2. Use the sliders to
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    listed on the Preferences tab may not be supported by your computer. To set a preference: 1. In the HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel, click the Preferences Help button in the upper-right corner of the window, and then click the item. The Help button is identified with a question
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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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    3 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
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    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 docking device. 3-2 Pointing Devices and Keyboard
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    Keypads Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad You can temporarily 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+shift key combination. ■ To change the function of a
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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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    commands alternate displays 2-5 battery charge information 2-5 decrease display brightness 2-6 display system information 2-6 increase display brightness 2-6 initiate standby 2-1, 2-3, 2-4 hotkeys identifying 2-2 Quick Reference 2-1, 2-3 HP Quick Launch Buttons control panel 2-10 I Info Center
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    13 repositioning 2-16 user-defined item 2-14 Quick Launch buttons 2-7 S scrolling regions, TouchPad 1-2 shift key 3-3 system information, 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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    2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements
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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.