Using the Keyboard

Your keyboard has an arrangement of standard keys, indicator lights, and special buttons (select models only).

Identifying Special Keyboard Buttons

There are special buttons (select models only) at the top of the keyboard. (Some models have some of these special buttons on the left side of the main keys.) These buttons operate a CD or DVD player, connect you to the Internet, or provide quick access to specific functions.

NOTE: The number, location, and labeling of buttons vary by keyboard model.

Icon

Feature

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby

Puts PC into power-saving mode (screen is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blank but PC is still on). To make the screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reappear, press the Esc key, or press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby again. May take 10–30 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

before the screen reappears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User

Switches between the PC users.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HP

Links to an HP Web site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hp or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compaq

Links to Compaq Web site.

Compaq or

My Presario

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Help

Opens the Help and Support Center.

, or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

Pictures

Opens an imaging software program. Can

(Photos)

be reconfigured.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music

Opens music software program. Can be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

reconfigured.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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