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Action keys, Table 2-8

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Table 2-8 Special keys and their descriptions (continued) Component Description (8) OMEN key (9) num lock key (10) Integrated numeric keypad ▲ Right-click the Power icon , and then select Power Options. Opens the OMEN Command Center software. See HP OMEN Command Center on page 15 for more information. Alternates between the navigational and numeric functions on the integrated numeric keypad. A separate keypad to the right of the alphabet keyboard. When num lock is pressed, the keypad can be used like an external numeric keypad. Action keys The action keys execute frequently used system functions as defined by the icon symbol on f1 through f12 function keys. The action keys vary by computer. ▲ To use an action key, press fn, and then press one of the keys listed in the following table. Table 2-9 Action keys and their descriptions Icon Description Switches the screen image between display devices connected to the system. For example, if a monitor is connected to the computer, repeatedly pressing this key alternates the screen image from the computer display to the monitor display to a simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor. Decreases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key. Increases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key. Turns the keyboard backlight off or on. On select products, you can adjust the brightness of the keyboard backlight. Press the key repeatedly to adjust the brightness from high (when you first start up the computer), to low, to off. After you adjust the keyboard backlight setting, the backlight will revert to your previous setting each time you turn on the computer. The keyboard backlight will turn off after 30 seconds of inactivity. To turn the keyboard backlight back on, press any key or tap the touchpad (select products only). To conserve battery power, turn off this feature. Mutes or restores speaker sound. Decreases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key. Increases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key. Plays the previous track of an audio CD or the previous section of a DVD or a Blu-ray Disc (BD). 12 Chapter 2 Getting to know your computer

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Table 2-8
Special keys and their descriptions (continued)
Component
Description
Right-click the
Power
icon
, and then select
Power
Options
.
(8)
OMEN key
Opens the OMEN Command Center software.
See
HP OMEN Command Center
on page
15
for more
information.
(9)
num lock
key
Alternates between the navigational and numeric functions on
the integrated numeric keypad.
(10)
Integrated numeric keypad
A separate keypad to the right of the alphabet keyboard. When
num lock
is pressed, the keypad can be used like an external
numeric keypad.
Action keys
The action keys execute frequently used system functions as defined by the icon symbol on
f1
through
f12
function keys. The action keys vary by computer.
To use an action key, press
fn
, and then press one of the keys listed in the following table.
Table 2-9
Action keys and their descriptions
Icon
Description
Switches the screen image between display devices connected to the system. For example, if a monitor is
connected to the computer, repeatedly pressing this key alternates the screen image from the computer
display to the monitor display to a simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor.
Decreases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
Increases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
Turns the keyboard backlight off or on. On select products, you can adjust the brightness of the keyboard
backlight. Press the key repeatedly to adjust the brightness from high (when you first start up the computer),
to low, to off. After you adjust the keyboard backlight setting, the backlight will revert to your previous
setting each time you turn on the computer. The keyboard backlight will turn off after 30 seconds of
inactivity. To turn the keyboard backlight back on, press any key or tap the touchpad (select products only).
To conserve battery power, turn off this feature.
Mutes or restores speaker sound.
Decreases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key.
Increases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key.
Plays the previous track of an audio CD or the previous section of a DVD or a Blu-ray Disc (BD).
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Chapter 2
Getting to know your computer