5 Keyboard and pointing devices

 

Using the keyboard ............................................................................................................................

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Identifying the hotkey .........................................................................................................

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Identifying the action keys .................................................................................................

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Using keypads ...................................................................................................................

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Using pointing devices .......................................................................................................................

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Setting pointing device preferences ...................................................................................

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Using the TouchPad ..........................................................................................................

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Navigating .........................................................................................................

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Selecting ...........................................................................................................

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Using TouchPad gestures .................................................................................

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Scrolling ............................................................................................

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Pinching/Zooming .............................................................................

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Rotating ............................................................................................

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6 Maintenance

 

Replacing the battery .........................................................................................................................

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Inserting the battery ...........................................................................................................

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Removing the battery .........................................................................................................

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Removing or replacing the vanity cover .............................................................................................

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Removing the vanity cover ................................................................................................

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Replacing the vanity cover .................................................................................................

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Replacing the hard drive ....................................................................................................................

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Removing the hard drive ....................................................................................................

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Installing a hard drive .........................................................................................................

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Replacing the memory module ...........................................................................................................

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Updating programs and drivers ..........................................................................................................

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Routine care .......................................................................................................................................

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Cleaning the display ..........................................................................................................

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Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard ..............................................................................

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7 Backup and recovery

 

Recovery discs ...................................................................................................................................

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Performing a system recovery ............................................................................................................

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Recovering using the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ...........................

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Recovering using the recovery discs .................................................................................

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Backing up your information ...............................................................................................................

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Using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................................................

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Using system restore points ..............................................................................................

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When to create restore points ...........................................................................

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Create a system restore point ...........................................................................

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Restore to a previous date and time .................................................................

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