Table of contents

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

3

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

Rear ....................................................................................................................................................

10

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

11

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

12

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

14

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

14

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

14

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

14

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

14

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

14

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

15

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

15

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

15

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

17

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

17

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

17

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

19

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

19

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

19

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

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