Dell 8500 manual Tour of Your Computer

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If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the light operates as follows:

–Solid green: The battery is charging.

–Flashing green: The battery is almost fully charged.

If the computer is running on a battery, the light operates as follows:

–Off: The battery is adequately charged (or the computer is turned off).

–Flashing orange: The battery charge is low.

–Solid orange: The battery charge is critically low.

K E Y B O A R D — The keyboard includes a numeric keypad as well as the Microsoft®

Windows® logo key . For information on supported keyboard shortcuts, see page 62.

T O U C H P A D — Touch pad and touch pad buttons provide the functionality of a mouse. See page 65 for more information.

D I S P L A Y L A T C H B U T T O N — Press this button to release the display latch and open the display.

S P E A K E R S — To adjust the volume of the integrated speakers, press the volume control buttons or volume control keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see page 64.

T O U C H P A D B U T T O N S — Touch pad buttons provide the functionality of a mouse. See the Tell Me How help file for more information. To access the help file, see page 104.

V O L U M E C O N T R O L B U T T O N S — Press these buttons to adjust the volume. M U T E B U T T O N — Press this button to turn off the volume.

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