Chapter 4 Using Your Motion Tablet PC

When you start the Tablet PC, the Windows XP Tablet PC Tutorials screen appears. If you do not want this to continue to appear, check “Do not show me this again.” We recommend that you run the tutorials, which take just a few minutes. It you do not want to run the Microsoft Tutorials now, you can always return to them by tapping Start>Using Your Motion Tablet PC.

Stopping Your Tablet PC

The recommended way to shut down your Tablet PC is by selecting Start and then Shut Down.

IMPORTANT: You can force a shutdown by pressing and holding the Power switch for about 5 seconds. A forced shutdown should only be used when the system is completely unresponsive to software commands. If you have any applications open or any unsaved work, you will lose it. Windows will not prompt you to save your work if you force a shutdown.

OPENING THE In the following sections, you will be instructed to open the Motion

MOTIONDashboard. To do this, press Hot Key #1 (see Table 2-2 in Chapter

DASHBOARD 2 of this User Guide) on the Tablet PC front panel.

You can also access Dashboard by first selecting Start>All Programs>Motion Resources>Dashboard.

The Motion Dashboard offers many Tablet PC functions in a convenient location.

CONSERVING

POWER WITH

STAND BY

OR HIBERNATE

MODES

Low-power Stand by or Hibernate modes can conserve Tablet PC power. Each preserves your Tablet PC settings so you can resume work where you left off.

Stand by — Greatly reduces Tablet PC power consumption and restarts within a few seconds; the Tablet PC runs on battery if not connected to AC power. Choose Stand by when you plan to return to work within a short time (a few minutes to a few hours) and want to conserve power.

Hibernate — Completely shuts down the Tablet PC to conserve power. It takes slightly longer to restart from Hibernate than from Stand by mode. Choose Hibernate when you plan to stop work for longer periods of time, such as overnight. This setting saves the status of the Tablet PC system to the hard disk drive.

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