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Using Your Computer Operating the Computer To use the One-Touch buttons The One-Touch buttons on your HP notebook allow you to start your e-mail or a Web browser-or any other application-by pressing a single button. The buttons are configured initially for specific applications, but you can change the configuration to start any applications you want. When you press a One-Touch button, the name of the application that's starting appears onscreen. You can modify the appearance of the name by selecting the color, size, and style you prefer. To configure a One-Touch button 1. Click Start, Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, Keyboard. 2. Select the One-Touch buttons tab. 3. Click on the button of the key you want to reconfigure. 4. In the Button Label field, type the name of the application you want to start with this button. This name will appear onscreen when you press the button. 5. From the list of preinstalled applications, select the application to be associated with the button. OR If the desired application is not on the list, select "Select a file on your computer" and click the Browse button to choose any file on your notebook. OR If you want to attach a Web page to the button, select "Type in a Web site address" and then select a Favorites page or type the URL of the page you want. 6. If you want the computer to start automatically (and then start this application-or find this web site), select "Enable system wake-up for this button." 7. Click OK, then OK again to close the Keyboard properties window. To format display of application names When you press a One-Touch button on your HP notebook, the name of the application that is starting appears onscreen. You can change the size, color, and font of the display, as well as the length of time it appears. (These settings also affect the display of multimedia messages when you play an audio CD or a movie DVD with the optional multimedia buttons on the front of the unit.) 36 Reference Guide

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Using Your Computer
Operating the Computer
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Reference Guide
To use the One-Touch buttons
The One-Touch buttons on your HP notebook allow you to start your e-mail or a Web
browser—or any other application—by pressing a single button. The buttons are
configured initially for specific applications, but you can change the configuration to
start any applications you want.
When you press a One-Touch button, the name of the application that’s starting appears
onscreen. You can modify the appearance of the name by selecting the color, size, and
style you prefer.
To configure a One-Touch button
1.
Click Start, Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, Keyboard.
2. Select the One-Touch buttons tab.
3.
Click on the button of the key you want to reconfigure.
4.
In the Button Label field, type the name of the application you want to start with this
button. This name will appear onscreen when you press the button.
5.
From the list of preinstalled applications, select the application to be associated with
the button.
OR
If the desired application is not on the list, select “Select a file on your computer” and
click the Browse button to choose any file on your notebook.
OR
If you want to attach a Web page to the button, select “Type in a Web site address”
and then select a Favorites page or type the URL of the page you want.
6.
If you want the computer to start automatically (and then start this application—or
find this web site), select “Enable system wake-up for this button.”
7.
Click OK, then OK again to close the Keyboard properties window.
To format display of application names
When you press a One-Touch button on your HP notebook, the name of the application
that is starting appears onscreen. You can change the size, color, and font of the display,
as well as the length of time it appears. (These settings also affect the display of
multimedia messages when you play an audio CD or a movie DVD with the optional
multimedia buttons on the front of the unit.)