customizing the buttons
You can customize some of the special buttons on the keyboard (select models
only) to open different programs or files, or to connect to favorite Web sites:
Click Start on the taskbar.
1
Choose Control Panel.
2
Click Printers and Other Hardware, if it is present.
3
Double-click Keyboard.
4
On the Buttons tab, double-click the button you want to change.
5
For the Button Configuration, click the down-arrow to the right of the list and
6
choose the button capability, such as Simple web page with label.
Enter a display label and the address information. For a Web page, enter
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the URL.
Click OK.
8
On the Buttons tab, click Apply.
9
Repeat steps 5 through 9 for each button you want to customize.
10
Click OK when you are done.
11
Clicking the Restore Defaults button on the Button tab restores all of the
NOTE:
Internet buttons to the factory settings.
adjusting the monitor
To change the screen resolution:
Right-click an empty area of the desktop and click Properties.
1
On the Settings tab, adjust the screen resolution.
2
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Moving the slide toward Less increases the size of text on your screen.
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Moving the slide toward More decreases the size of text.
Click Apply.
3
Click Yes, if it is present.
4
Click OK.
5
You can connect more than one display device (CRT monitor, flat panel
NOTE:
monitor, TV, etc.) to the PC (select models only). You can quickly change where
the PC desktop appears by pressing Alt+F5. Each time you press the Alt+F5 key
combination, the PC display appears on the next device. If Alt+F5 does not work,
restart the PC and try again.
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