Table Of Contents - Acer Aspire V5-431P User Manual

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Safety and comfort
First things first
Your guides ...................................................... 16
Basic care and tips for using your
computer .......................................................... 16
Turning your computer on and off............. 16
Taking care of your computer ................... 17
Taking care of your AC adapter ................ 18
Taking care of your battery pack............... 18
Cleaning and servicing.............................. 18
Your Acer notebook tour
Screen view...................................................... 21
Keyboard view.................................................. 23
Left view ........................................................... 25
Information on USB 3.0............................. 26
Right view ........................................................ 27
Base view......................................................... 29
Using the keyboard
Lock keys and embedded numeric keypad...... 30
Hotkeys ..................................................... 31
Windows keys .................................................. 33
Touchpad
Touchpad basics .............................................. 34
Touchpad gestures .......................................... 35
Acer Backup Manager
Recovery
Creating a recovery backup ............................. 39
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Creating a drivers and applications backup..... 42
Recovering your system .................................. 45
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Reinstalling drivers and applications........ 46
Returning to an earlier system
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snapshot................................................... 49
Returning your system to its factory
condition................................................... 50
Recovering from Windows ....................... 51
Recovering from a recovery backup ........ 55
Acer clear.fi
Navigating media and photos .......................... 59
Shared files .............................................. 60
Which devices are compatible? ............... 60
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Playing to another device......................... 61
Power management
Saving power................................................... 63
Battery pack
Battery pack characteristics............................. 66
Charging the battery................................. 66
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Optimizing battery life............................... 68
Checking the battery level........................ 69
Battery-low warning.................................. 69
Installing and removing the battery
pack.......................................................... 70
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Traveling with your computer
Disconnecting from the desktop ...................... 71
Moving around................................................. 71
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Preparing the computer............................ 72
What to bring to meetings ........................ 72
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Taking the computer home.............................. 73
Preparing the computer............................ 73
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