Adjusting Brightness - Dell Latitude D400 User Manual

FILE LOCATION: S:\SYSTEMS\Pebble\UG\A00\English\display.fm
NOTE: By default, the
Brightness Meter appears
in the lower-right corner
of the display. You can
click and drag the meter
to a new location, and the
meter subsequently
always appears at the new
location.
NOTE: Brightness
keyboard shortcuts only
affect the display on your
portable computer, not
monitors 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
appears, but the
brightness level on the
monitor does not change.
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Adjusting Brightness

When the Dell™ computer is running on battery power, you can conserve
power by setting the brightness to the lowest comfortable setting using the
appropriate keyboard shortcuts
If Dell QuickSet is installed, the QuickSet Brightness Meter shows the
current brightness setting for the display. Right-click the
taskbar to enable or disable the Brightness Meter on the screen.
You can enable or disable the Brightness Meter from the QuickSet taskbar
menu. When the meter is enabled, press the following keys to adjust
brightness:
• Press
to increase brightness on the integrated display only (not
on an external monitor).
• Press
to decrease brightness on the integrated display only (not
on an external monitor).
For more information about QuickSet, right-click the
taskbar and click Help.
for the display.
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