Usingthekeyboard
Dependingonyourmodel,yourcomputercomeswithastandardkeyboardorangerprintreaderkeyboard
orawirelesskeyboard.TheMicrosoftWindowsshortcutkeysareprovidedonallkeyboardtypes.
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“UsingWindowsshortcutkeys”onpage14
•“UsingtheblueThinkVantagebutton”onpage14
•“Usingangerprintreader”onpage14
UsingWindowsshortcutkeys
Boththestandardkeyboardandthengerprintreaderkeyboardprovidethreekeysyoucanusewithyour
MicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystem.
•ThetwoWindowslogokeysarelocatedbesidetheAltkeyoneithersideofthespacebar.Theyfeature
theWindowslogo.OntheWindows7operatingsystem,presstheWindowskeytoopentheStartmenu.
OntheWindows8operatingsystem,presstheWindowskeytoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspace
andtheStartscreen.ThestyleoftheWindowslogovariesdependingonthekeyboardtype.
•Thecontext-menukeyislocatednexttotheCtrlkeyontherightsideoftheSpacebar.Pressingthe
context-menukeyopensthecontextmenufortheactiveprogram,icon,orobject.
Note:YoucanusethemouseortheUpandDownarrowkeystohighlightmenuselections.OntheWindows
7operatingsystem,youcanclosetheStartmenuorthecontextmenubyclickingthemouseorpressingEsc.
UsingtheblueThinkVantagebutton
SomekeyboardshaveablueThinkVantagebuttonthatyoucanusetoopenacomprehensiveon-boardhelp
andinformationcenterfromLenovo.PressingtheblueThinkVantagebuttonopenstheSimpleTapprogram
ontheWindows7operatingsystemortheLenovoPCDeviceExperiencepr ogramontheWindows8
operatingsystem.
Usingangerprintreader
Somecomputersmightcomewithakeyboardthathasangerprintreader .Formoreinformationaboutthe
ngerprintreader,see“AnintroductiontoLenovoprograms”onpage6.
ToopentheThinkVantageFingerprintSoftwareprogr amandusethengerprintreader,see“L enovo
programs”onpage4.
Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Foradditionalinformation,refertotheThinkVantageFingerprint
Softwarehelpsystem.
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