The Grand Tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard

The keyboard provides full-sized keys with

 

 

comfortable travel (depth at which the keys can

 

 

be depressed) and palm rest for both hands. Two

 

 

Windows function keys are provided in the

 

 

Windows operating system.

 

TouchPad

The TouchPad pointing device is located in the

 

 

center of the palm rest and is used to control the

 

 

on-screen pointer. Refer to the Using the

 

 

TouchPad section in Chapter 4: Basic Operations.

 

Left and Right

The computer provides two speakers for stereo

 

Speakers

sound reproduction.

 

TouchPad Control

Control buttons below the TouchPad let you

 

Buttons

select menu items or manipulate text and

 

 

graphics designated by the on-screen pointer.

Keyboard Indicators

CAPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCK NUMERIC

SCROLL LOCK

MODE

 

MODE

MODE

 

 

Caps Lock Mode

The Caps Lock mode icon lights when you press

 

 

the Caps Lock key. When this light is on, pressing

 

 

a letter key on the keyboard produces an

 

 

uppercase (capital) letter.

Numeric Mode

You can use the keypad overlay (light gray

 

 

labeled keys) for numeric input when the Numeric

 

 

mode icon lights green. Refer to the Keyboard

 

 

overlay section in Chapter 5: The Keyboard.

Scroll Lock Mode

When the Scroll Lock mode icon lights green, you

 

 

can use the Scroll Lock mode. In Scroll Lock

 

 

mode, the arrow keys can scroll the contents in

the window instead of moving the cursor, depending on the application.

Optical Disc drive

Depending on its configuration, the computer will either have a CD-RW/ DVD-ROM drive or a double layer DVD Super Multi drive. An ATAPI interface controller is used for the operation of these optical drives. When the computer is accessing a disc, an indicator on the drive glows.

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