HP Presario CQ20-100 - Notebook PC User manual

Pointing Devices and Keyboard
User Guide

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First Edition: July 2008
Document Part Number: 482395-001

Product notice
This user guide describes features that are common to most models. Some features may not be
available on your computer.
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Table of contents
1 Using pointing devices
Setting pointing device preferences ..................................................................................................... 1
Using the TouchPad ............................................................................................................................. 1
Connecting an external mouse ............................................................................................................. 2
2 Using the keyboard
Using hotkeys ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Displaying system information (fn+esc) ............................................................................... 4
Opening the Print Options window (fn+f2) ........................................................................... 4
Opening a Web browser (fn+f3) .......................................................................................... 4
Switching the screen image (fn+f4) ..................................................................................... 4
Initiating Hibernation (fn+f5) ................................................................................................ 5
Initiating QuickLock (fn+f6) .................................................................................................. 5
Decreasing screen brightness (fn+f7) .................................................................................. 5
Increasing screen brightness (fn+f8) ................................................................................... 5
Playing, pausing or resuming an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f9) .............................................. 5
Stopping an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f10) ............................................................................ 6
Playing previous track or section of an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f11) ................................... 6
Playing next track or section of an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f12) ......................................... 6
3 Using keypads
Using the embedded numeric keypad .................................................................................................. 8
Enabling and disabling the embedded numeric keypad ...................................................... 8
Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad ................................................ 8
Using an optional external numeric keypad ......................................................................................... 8
4 Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard
Index ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
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1 Using pointing devices
Component Description
(1) TouchPad* Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen.
(2) Left TouchPad button* Functions like the left button on an external mouse.
(3) TouchPad vertical scroll zone Scrolls up or down.
(4) Right TouchPad button* Functions like the right button on an external mouse.
*This table describes factory settings. To view or change pointing device preferences, select Start >Control Panel >Hardware
and Sound >Mouse.
Setting pointing device preferences
Use Mouse Properties in Windows® to customize settings for pointing devices, such as button
configuration, click speed, and pointer options.
To access Mouse Properties, select Start >Control Panel >Hardware and Sound >Mouse.
Using the TouchPad
To move the pointer, slide your finger across the TouchPad surface in the direction you want the pointer
to go. Use the TouchPad buttons like the corresponding buttons on an external mouse. To scroll up and
down using the TouchPad scroll zone, slide your finger up or down over the vertical white line.
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NOTE: If you are using the TouchPad to move the pointer, you must lift your finger off the TouchPad
before moving it to the scroll zone. Simply sliding your finger from the TouchPad to the scroll zone will
not activate the scrolling function.
Connecting an external mouse
You can connect an external USB mouse to the computer using one of the USB ports on the computer
or an optional docking device or expansion product.
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2 Using the keyboard
Using hotkeys
Hotkeys are combinations of the fn key (1) and either the esc key (2) or one of the function keys (3).
The icons on the f2 through f12 keys represent the hotkey functions. Hotkey functions and procedures
are discussed in the following sections.
Function Hotkey
Display system information. fn+esc
Open the Print Options window. fn+f2
Open a Web browser. fn+f3
Switch the screen image. fn+f4
Initiate Sleep. fn+f5
Initiate QuickLock. fn+f6
Decrease screen brightness. fn+f7
Increase screen brightness. fn+f8
Play, pause, or resume an audio CD or a DVD. fn+f9
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Function Hotkey
Stop an audio CD or a DVD. fn+f10
Play the previous track or section of an audio CD or a DVD. fn+f11
Play the next track or section of an audio CD or a DVD. fn+f12
To use a hotkey command on the computer keyboard, follow either of these steps:
●Briefly press the fn key, and then briefly press the second key of the hotkey command.
– or –
●Press and hold down the fn key, briefly press the second key of the hotkey command, and then
release both keys at the same time.
Displaying system information (fn+esc)
Press fn+esc to display information about system hardware components and the system BIOS version
number.
In the Windows fn+esc display, the version of the system BIOS (basic input-output system) is displayed
as the BIOS date. On some computer models, the BIOS date is displayed in decimal format. The BIOS
date is sometimes called the system ROM version number.
Opening the Print Options window (fn+f2)
Press fn+f2 to open the Print Options window of the active Windows application.
Opening a Web browser (fn+f3)
Press fn+f3 to open your Web browser.
Until you have set up your Internet or network services, the fn+f3 hotkey opens the Windows Internet
Connection Wizard.
After you have set up your Internet or network services and your Web browser home page, you can
press fn+f3 to quickly access your home page and the Internet.
Switching the screen image (fn+f4)
Press fn+f4 to switch the screen image among display devices connected to the system. For example,
if a monitor is connected to the computer, pressing fn+f4 alternates the screen image from computer
display to monitor display to simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor.
Most external monitors receive video information from the computer using the external VGA video
standard. The fn+f4 hotkey can also alternate images among other devices receiving video information
from the computer.
The following video transmission types, with examples of devices that use them, are supported by the
fn+f4 hotkey:
●LCD (computer display)
●External VGA (most external monitors)
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