Using the special buttons
The computer is equipped with special buttons as shown in the following illustration. You can control some
functions of your computer through the special buttons, without the use of the keyboard.
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Power button: Press the power button to turn on the computer.
2
Volume-up button: Press the volume-up button to increase the speaker volume.
3
Volume-down button: Press the volume-down button to decrease the speaker volume.
4
Windows button: Press the Windows button to open the Start menu; or press the Windows button to
wake up the computer from sleep mode.
Using the special keys
The keyboard has several special keys, which consist of the function keys
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Windows key
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Notes:
• Depending on the model, your computer might look different from the illustrations in this topic.
• In the notebook mode, the keyboard, the ThinkPad trackpad, and the TrackPoint pointing stick are
automatically enabled. In the stand mode, tablet mode, and tent mode, the keyboard, the ThinkPad
trackpad, and the TrackPoint pointing stick are automatically disabled.
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, the Fn key
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, and the
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