Using The Display; Adjusting Brightness; Switching The Video Image From Your Computer Display To A Projector; Making Images And Text Look Bigger Or Sharper On The Screen: Setting Display Resolution And Refresh Rate - Dell PP04X User Manual

Using the Display

Adjusting Brightness

When a Dell™ computer is running on battery power, you can conserve power by setting the display
brightness to the lowest comfortable setting by pressing <Fn> and the up- or down-arrow key on
the keyboard.
NOTE:
Brightness key combinations only affect the display on your portable computer, not monitors or
projectors that you attach to your portable computer or docking device. If your computer is connected to an
external monitor and you try to change the brightness level, the Brightness Meter may appear, but the
brightness level on the external device does not change.
You can press the following keys to adjust display brightness:
• Press <Fn> and the up-arrow key to increase brightness on the integrated display only (not on an
external monitor).
• Press <Fn> and the down-arrow key to decrease brightness on the integrated display only (not on
an external monitor).
Switching the Video Image From Your Computer Display to a
Projector
When you start the computer with an external device (such as an external monitor or projector)
attached and turned on, the image may appear on either the computer display or the external device.
Press <Fn><F8> to switch the video image between the display only, the external device only, or
the display and the external device simultaneously.
Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper on the Screen:
Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate
NOTE:
If you change the display resolution from the current settings, the image may appear blurry or text may
be hard to read if you change the resolution to one not supported by your computer and display. Before you
change any of the display settings, make a note of the current settings so you can change back to the previous
settings if you need to.
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Using the Display