Compaq M300 manual Adjusting Screen Brightness, Displaying System Information, Stretching Text

3-6Using the Keyboard

Adjusting Screen Brightness

Press Fn+F10 to adjust the brightness of the computer screen with an onscreen slide button or with the arrow keys.

Displaying System Information

Press Fn+Esc to display information about system hardware components and software version numbers.

NOTE: The number beside System BIOS is the version number of your system ROM.

Stretching Text

When the computer is running MS-DOS under Windows and the desktop area resolution is set lower than the display resolution, press Fn+T to toggle the image between Text Stretch, which stretches the text to fill more of the screen, and Regular. Text Stretch is the default. While Regular is selected, a graphics accelerator cannot be enabled.

Enabling the Eurocurrency Symbol

Your computer can generate the Eurocurrency symbol when pressing the

Alt Gr+4, 5, e, or u key combinations. The key combination for your computer is dependent on the keyboard for your country and the keyboard language settings in the operating system. On keyboards without the Alt Gr (alternate graphics) key, use the Alt key to the right of the spacebar.