HP Compaq NC6140 Hardware Manual page 4

Contents
2 Pointing Device and Keyboard
TouchPad Pointing Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Setting Pointing Device Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Easy Access Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
3 Battery Pack
Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Inserting or Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Charging the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3-11
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
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Identifying Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys. . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Hotkey and Shortcut Key Quick Reference . . . . . . . 2-4
Hotkey and Shortcut Key Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Hotkey and Shortcut Key Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Using the Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Using Custom Assignments and Schemes. . . . . . . . 2-12
Using the Internal Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Using an External Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Charging a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Charging an In-Use Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . . 3-5
Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3-12
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