Changing Display Orientation; Adjusting Brightness; Using The Pen - Gateway Notebook Hardware Reference Manual

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Changing display orientation

Adjusting brightness

Using the pen

A finger-tap or PDA stylus has no effect
on your convertible notebook's display,
and ink pens and other pointed objects
could damage the surface. Always use
the pen that came with your convertible
notebook. You can order extra pens from
Do not strike the display too sharply.
Although the display is durable, it can
Slide the power button lock into the locked position to prevent the
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convertible notebook from being accidently turned off.
You can change the display orientation from the default, landscape (horizontal),
to portrait (vertical) or secondary landscape (180 degrees from the default)
using the Screen Rotation button.
To change display orientation:
Press the Screen Rotation button to step through display orientations. For
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more information, see
To change orientation properties:
Double-tap or double-click the
■
taskbar, then tap or click the
To adjust screen brightness:
Use the increase brightness and decrease brightness keys on the
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keyboard. For more information, see
page 18.
Your convertible notebook's pen is the only device that can write, tap, and input
Caution
directly on your convertible notebook's display.
The pen can do everything a mouse does. Just think "tap" instead of "click".
With a mouse:
Gateway.
Caution
Point and click
break.
Double-click
Click-and-drag
Right-click
"Using the tablet control buttons" on page
Tablet and Pen Settings
tab.
Display
"System key combinations" on
With a pen:
Point and tap
Double-tap
Tap-and-drag
Button-tap
(press the pen button while tapping or press and hold with the pen)
Using the pen
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