Changing your tablet's settings

You can change view and screen brightness.

Changing your tablet's view

Your tablet's orientation, or view, changes automatically from landscape to portrait view, or from portrait to landscape view.

1.To change the view of your tablet from landscape view to portrait view:

Hold the tablet vertically, and then turn it 90 degrees to the right (in a clockwise direction).

2.To change the view of your tablet from portrait view to landscape view:

Hold the tablet vertically, and then turn it 90 degrees to the left (in a counter-clockwise direction).

Adjusting your tablet's autorotate lock

To adjust your tablet's autorotate lock when the tablet is undocked:

▲When the tablet is on, press the rotate lock button to lock the autorotate feature of the display. To unlock the autorotate feature, press the button again.

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1.Swipe from the right edge of the TouchPad or touch screen to display the charms, and then tap Settings.

2.Tap the Screen icon at the bottom right. Tap the Autorotate Lock icon to lock your current tablet screen in place and to prevent rotation. The icon displays a lock symbol when autorotate lock is active. To turn off the autorotate lock, tap the Autorotate Lock icon again.

Adjusting your tablet's screen brightness

To adjust the screen brightness:

1.Swipe from the right edge of the TouchPad or touch screen to display the charms, and then tap Settings.

2.Tap the Screen icon at the bottom right. A vertical slider displays that controls the screen brightness.

NOTE: From the Windows desktop, you can also tap the Power Meter icon in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar, tap Adjust screen brightness, and then move the slider next to Screen brightness at the bottom of the screen.

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