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1 Getting familiar with your computer

Hot key

Icon

Function

Description

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.

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.

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Acer 340 Series manual Euro symbol, Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel