Acer TravelMate 340 User Guide - Page 30

The euro symbol, Start, Settings, Control Panel, Keyboard, Language, Properties, United States

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12 1 Getting familiar with your computer Hot key Fn-F8 Icon Function Speaker Toggle Fn-← Brightness Down Fn-→ Brightness Up Fn-↑ Volume Up Fn-↓ Volume Down Alt Gr-Euro Euro Description Turns the speakers on and off. Decreases the screen brightness. Increases the screen brightness. Increases the volume. Decreases the volume. Types the euro symbol. The euro symbol If your keyboard layout is set to United States-International or United Kingdom or if you have a keyboard with a European layout, you can type the Euro symbol on your keyboard. Note for US keyboard users: The keyboard layout is set when you first set up Windows. For the Euro symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set to United States-International. To verify the keyboard type: 1. Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. Double-click on Keyboard. 3. Click on the Language tab. 4. Verify that the keyboard layout used for "En English (United States)" is set to United States-International. If not, select and click on Properties; then select United StatesInternational and click on OK. 5. Click on OK.

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1 Getting familiar with your computer
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The euro symbol
If your keyboard layout is set to United States-International or United Kingdom or
if you have a keyboard with a European layout, you can type the Euro symbol on
your keyboard.
Note for US keyboard users:
The keyboard layout is set when you first set
up Windows.
For the Euro symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set
to United States-International.
To verify the keyboard type:
1.
Click on
Start
,
Settings
,
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click on
Keyboard
.
3.
Click on the
Language
tab.
4.
Verify that the keyboard layout used for "En English (United States)" is set to
United States-International.
If not, select and click on
Properties
; then select
United States-
International
and click on
OK
.
5.
Click on
OK
.
Fn-F8
Speaker Toggle
Turns the speakers on and off.
Fn-
Brightness Down
Decreases the screen brightness.
Fn-
Brightness Up
Increases the screen brightness.
Fn-
Volume Up
Increases the volume.
Fn-
Volume Down
Decreases the volume.
Alt Gr-Euro
Euro
Types the euro symbol.
Hot key
Icon
Function
Description