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Using the keyboard, Using the action keys

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Using the keyboard Using the action keys Action keys are used for performing customized actions that are assigned to specific keys at the top of the keyboard. The icons on the f1 through f12 keys represent the action key functions. To use an action key, press and hold this key to activate the assigned function. NOTE: The action key feature is enabled at the factory. You can disable this feature in Setup Utility. If this feature is disabled in Setup Utility, you must press fn and an action key to activate the assigned function. CAUTION: Use extreme care when making changes in Setup Utility. Errors can prevent the computer from operating properly. Icon Action Help and Support Screen brightness down Screen brightness up Switch screen image QuickWeb key Previous Description Opens Help and Support, which provides information about your Windows operating system and computer, answers to questions and tutorials, and updates to your computer Help and Support also provides automated troubleshooting and links to support specialists. Decreases the screen brightness level incrementally when you hold down this key. Increases the screen brightness level incrementally when you hold down this key. Switches the screen image among display devices connected to the system. For example, if a monitor is connected to the computer, this key alternates the screen image from computer display to monitor display to simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor. Most external monitors receive video information from the computer using the external VGA video standard. The switch screen image key can also alternate images among other devices that are receiving video information from the computer. ● When the computer is off or in Hibernation, press the button to open HP QuickWeb. ● When the computer is in Microsoft Windows, press the button to open the default Web browser. ● When the computer is in HP QuickWeb, press the button to open the default Web browser. Plays the previous track of an audio CD or the previous section of a DVD or a BD. 20 Chapter 5 Keyboard and pointing devices

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Using the keyboard
Using the action keys
Action keys are used for performing customized actions that are assigned to specific keys at the top
of the keyboard.
The icons on the
f1
through
f12
keys represent the action key functions. To use an action key, press
and hold this key to activate the assigned function.
NOTE:
The action key feature is enabled at the factory. You can disable this feature in Setup Utility.
If this feature is disabled in Setup Utility, you must press
fn
and an action key to activate the assigned
function.
CAUTION:
Use extreme care when making changes in Setup Utility. Errors can prevent the
computer from operating properly.
Icon
Action
Description
Help and Support
Opens Help and Support, which provides information about your Windows
operating system and computer, answers to questions and tutorials, and updates
to your computer
Help and Support also provides automated troubleshooting and links to support
specialists.
Screen brightness down
Decreases the screen brightness level incrementally when you hold down this
key.
Screen brightness up
Increases the screen brightness level incrementally when you hold down this
key.
Switch screen image
Switches the screen image among display devices connected to the system. For
example, if a monitor is connected to the computer, this key alternates the screen
image from computer display to monitor display to simultaneous display on both
the computer and the monitor.
Most external monitors receive video information from the computer using the
external VGA video standard. The
switch screen image
key can also alternate
images among other devices that are receiving video information from the
computer.
QuickWeb key
●
When the computer is off or in Hibernation, press the button to open HP
QuickWeb.
●
When the computer is in Microsoft Windows, press the button to open the
default Web browser.
●
When the computer is in HP QuickWeb, press the button to open the default
Web browser.
Previous
Plays the previous track of an audio CD or the previous section of a DVD or a
BD.
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Chapter 5
Keyboard and pointing devices