Table of contents

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

1

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

2

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

4

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

4

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

7

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

13

Connecting to a wireless network .......................................................................................................

14

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

14

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

14

Configuring a wireless router ............................................................................

15

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

15

4 Keyboard and pointing devices ...................................................................................................................

16

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

16

Identifying the hot keys ......................................................................................................

16

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

17

Using the embedded numeric keypad ...............................................................

17

Turning the embedded numeric keypad on and off ..........................

17

Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad .............

17

Using an optional external numeric keypad ......................................................

18

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

18

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

18

Using the pointing stick ......................................................................................................

18

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

18

Turning the TouchPad off and on ......................................................................

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