Table of contents

1 Welcome ..........................................................................................................................................................

1

Finding information ...............................................................................................................................

2

2 Getting to know your computer .....................................................................................................................

4

Top .......................................................................................................................................................

4

TouchPad ............................................................................................................................

4

Lights ...................................................................................................................................

5

Buttons, speakers, and fingerprint reader (select models only) ...........................................

7

Keys ...................................................................................................................................

10

Front ...................................................................................................................................................

12

Right ...................................................................................................................................................

13

Left .....................................................................................................................................................

15

Display ................................................................................................................................................

17

Bottom ................................................................................................................................................

19

Identifying the bottom parts of the computer ......................................................................................

20

3 Networking ....................................................................................................................................................

22

Using an Internet service provider (ISP) ............................................................................................

23

Identifying wireless and network status icons ....................................................................................

23

Creating a wireless connection ..........................................................................................................

23

Turning wireless devices on and off ..................................................................................

23

Using the wireless button ..................................................................................

23

Using the operating system controls .................................................................

23

Using a WLAN ....................................................................................................................................

24

Connecting to an existing WLAN .......................................................................................

24

Setting up a new WLAN .....................................................................................................

25

Protecting your WLAN .......................................................................................................

25

Roaming to another network ..............................................................................................

26

Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only) ......................................................................

27

Connecting to a wired network ...........................................................................................................

27

Connecting to a local area network (LAN) (select models only) ........................................

27

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