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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 2 Contacting Gateway 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start menu 7 Adding icons to the desktop 8 ...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 2 Contacting Gateway 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start menu 7 Adding icons to the desktop 8 ...
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Contents Canceling a fax 31 Receiving and viewing a fax 31 Chapter 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 33 Playing music and movies 34 Playing audio and video files 34 Playing optical discs 35 Creating audio files and music libraries 37 Creating music files 37 Building a music library 38 Editing track information 39 Creating music CDs and video DVDs 39 Creating a music CD 39 Creating a video DVD 40 Creating and copying data discs 43 Creating a data disc 43 Using Windows Media Center 43 Starting Windows Media Center 44 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 45 Introduction to ...
Contents Canceling a fax 31 Receiving and viewing a fax 31 Chapter 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 33 Playing music and movies 34 Playing audio and video files 34 Playing optical discs 35 Creating audio files and music libraries 37 Creating music files 37 Building a music library 38 Editing track information 39 Creating music CDs and video DVDs 39 Creating a music CD 39 Creating a video DVD 40 Creating and copying data discs 43 Creating a data disc 43 Using Windows Media Center 43 Starting Windows Media Center 44 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 45 Introduction to ...
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www.gateway.com Changing color depth and screen resolution 68 Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds . . . . . 69 Selecting a screen saver 70 Changing gadgets 71 Changing system ... pointing device settings 75 Adjusting tablet, digital pen, and input panel settings 76 Adding and modifying user accounts 77 Changing accessibility settings 78 Using the Ease of Access Center 78 Using voice recognition 79 Using the Windows Mobility Center 80 Setting up parental controls 82 Filtering Internet access 82 Scheduling notebook and...
www.gateway.com Changing color depth and screen resolution 68 Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds . . . . . 69 Selecting a screen saver 70 Changing gadgets 71 Changing system ... pointing device settings 75 Adjusting tablet, digital pen, and input panel settings 76 Adding and modifying user accounts 77 Changing accessibility settings 78 Using the Ease of Access Center 78 Using voice recognition 79 Using the Windows Mobility Center 80 Setting up parental controls 82 Filtering Internet access 82 Scheduling notebook and...
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CHAPTER 1 Getting Help • Using the Gateway Web site • Using Help and Support • Using online help 1
CHAPTER 1 Getting Help • Using the Gateway Web site • Using Help and Support • Using online help 1
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...answer questions about your notebook's software features. Thanks again, from your new Gateway notebook for purchasing our notebook! Visit the Gateway Support Web site at www.gateway.com. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product ... with fast, considerate service. Please read this manual carefully to help information, troubleshooters, and automated support. Using the Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and provides the most stringent quality control tests...
...answer questions about your notebook's software features. Thanks again, from your new Gateway notebook for purchasing our notebook! Visit the Gateway Support Web site at www.gateway.com. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product ... with fast, considerate service. Please read this manual carefully to help information, troubleshooters, and automated support. Using the Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and provides the most stringent quality control tests...
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... Media Center Help window opens. -ORIf you receive a list of any Help and Support screen, then press ENTER. Help and Support opens. Gateway Customer Care will need this information if you can access help information by clicking a general topic under Find an answer, selecting an option under Ask...box located at the top of suggested topics. For each search, you are connected to use Windows Media Center. To access Media Center help . Contacting Gateway The label on how to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows Media Center in the Search Help For box. 3 Tip You ...
... Media Center Help window opens. -ORIf you receive a list of any Help and Support screen, then press ENTER. Help and Support opens. Gateway Customer Care will need this information if you can access help information by clicking a general topic under Find an answer, selecting an option under Ask...box located at the top of suggested topics. For each search, you are connected to use Windows Media Center. To access Media Center help . Contacting Gateway The label on how to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows Media Center in the Search Help For box. 3 Tip You ...
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CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Using online help If you are connected to the Internet, many programs provide information online so you can access most online help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by clicking the Help button on the particular Help site to perform a task while you are taken. Available information depends on the menu bar and selecting Online Support from the list. Many provide FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), a search feature, articles about their software, tutorials, and forums where problems and issues are using the program. You can research a topic or...
CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Using online help If you are connected to the Internet, many programs provide information online so you can access most online help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by clicking the Help button on the particular Help site to perform a task while you are taken. Available information depends on the menu bar and selecting Online Support from the list. Many provide FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), a search feature, articles about their software, tutorials, and forums where problems and issues are using the program. You can research a topic or...
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CHAPTER 2 Using Windows • Using the Windows desktop • Working with files and folders • Searching for files • Using Tablet PC • Working with documents • Shortcuts 5
CHAPTER 2 Using Windows • Using the Windows desktop • Working with files and folders • Searching for files • Using Tablet PC • Working with documents • Shortcuts 5
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Other buttons on the taskbar represent programs that opens. The Recycle Bin is where files, folders, and programs that you when the security settings on the menu that are stored. Double-click this example, depending on the taskbar near the clock. The desktop is the bar at the bottom of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on page 64. 6 Your desktop may appear on how your notebook. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is like the top of the desktop as ...
Other buttons on the taskbar represent programs that opens. The Recycle Bin is where files, folders, and programs that you when the security settings on the menu that are stored. Double-click this example, depending on the taskbar near the clock. The desktop is the bar at the bottom of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on page 64. 6 Your desktop may appear on how your notebook. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is like the top of the desktop as ...
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... your system, get help, search for files and folders, and more information about the Windows Start menu, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using the Start menu Help For more using the Start menu. Type Windows Start menu in the Start menu.
... your system, get help, search for files and folders, and more information about the Windows Start menu, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using the Start menu Help For more using the Start menu. Type Windows Start menu in the Start menu.
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The Search box lets you search for a drive, folder, file, or program, a window opens on the desktop. You may want to add to the desktop. 3 Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). Type window in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Adding icons to the desktop for a program that you use frequently. Most windows include these items: Window item Description The title bar is the horizontal bar at the top of a window that program appears on the desktop. A shortcut icon for that shows the window title. When you double-click the icon ...
The Search box lets you search for a drive, folder, file, or program, a window opens on the desktop. You may want to add to the desktop. 3 Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). Type window in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Adding icons to the desktop for a program that you use frequently. Most windows include these items: Window item Description The title bar is the horizontal bar at the top of a window that program appears on the desktop. A shortcut icon for that shows the window title. When you double-click the icon ...
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www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to its former size. Clicking the close button closes the active window or ...
www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to its former size. Clicking the close button closes the active window or ...
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They can paste copies of the file or folder on a notebook is stored in files. When you decide where you can contain files and other folders. Therefore, you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click the existing folder. 4 Click Organize, then click New Folder. When you cut and paste a file or folder, you keep on the Windows clipboard. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows 2 Double-click the drive icon. Files are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you remove the file or folder from the clipboard. The new folder name ...
They can paste copies of the file or folder on a notebook is stored in files. When you decide where you can contain files and other folders. Therefore, you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click the existing folder. 4 Click Organize, then click New Folder. When you cut and paste a file or folder, you keep on the Windows clipboard. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows 2 Double-click the drive icon. Files are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you remove the file or folder from the clipboard. The new folder name ...
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www.gateway.com To copy a file or folder to another folder: 1 Locate the file or folder you want to move. For more information, see "Shortcuts" on page ...
www.gateway.com To copy a file or folder to another folder: 1 Locate the file or folder you want to move. For more information, see "Shortcuts" on page ...
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Windows permanently deletes all of the file and folder names containing the letters you typed. 12 3 Open a file, folder, or program by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the Search box in the list. Help For more information about emptying the Recycle Bin, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to search on your hard drive, you are stored on the Windows desktop. Using the Windows Search To find files and folders using this utility can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your...
Windows permanently deletes all of the file and folder names containing the letters you typed. 12 3 Open a file, folder, or program by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the Search box in the list. Help For more information about emptying the Recycle Bin, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to search on your hard drive, you are stored on the Windows desktop. Using the Windows Search To find files and folders using this utility can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your...
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.... Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have many levels (usually many more criteria than a file cabinet, in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com Using advanced search options Search can find files meeting more levels than file name. To browse for entering data. • Windows Journal-Hand-write...
.... Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have many levels (usually many more criteria than a file cabinet, in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com Using advanced search options Search can find files meeting more levels than file name. To browse for entering data. • Windows Journal-Hand-write...
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Recalibrate if you should calibrate your tablet: 1 Click or tap (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click or tap Windows Mobility Center. The Windows Mobility Center window opens. 2 Click or tap opens. (Change Tablet PC settings). To calibrate your digital pen for both portrait and landscape orientations. The Tablet PC Settings dialog box 3 Click or tap the General tab. 4 Click or tap Calibrate, then follow the on -screen pointer does not seem to line up with the opposite hand from the previous user-right-handed writer to your tablet PC and adjusted it to left-handed...
Recalibrate if you should calibrate your tablet: 1 Click or tap (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click or tap Windows Mobility Center. The Windows Mobility Center window opens. 2 Click or tap opens. (Change Tablet PC settings). To calibrate your digital pen for both portrait and landscape orientations. The Tablet PC Settings dialog box 3 Click or tap the General tab. 4 Click or tap Calibrate, then follow the on -screen pointer does not seem to line up with the opposite hand from the previous user-right-handed writer to your tablet PC and adjusted it to left-handed...
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www.gateway.com Using gestures A gesture is a shape you draw with the object on the screen before you tap, in cases where the pointer and digital pen ...
www.gateway.com Using gestures A gesture is a shape you draw with the object on the screen before you tap, in cases where the pointer and digital pen ...
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Use the TIP to enter data by tapping or clicking the buttons near the top left side of the screen to open the Tablet Input Panel (TIP). TIP tips • Open a program for your input (for example, a word processing program or a Web form) before using the writing pad or soft keyboard. • To adjust writing pad and keyboard settings, click or tap Tools, then click or tap Options. • For security and accuracy when entering masked text (such as passwords), use your tablet PC Input Panel's soft keyboard instead of the writing pad. 16 Access the TIP keyboard and writing pad by hand...
Use the TIP to enter data by tapping or clicking the buttons near the top left side of the screen to open the Tablet Input Panel (TIP). TIP tips • Open a program for your input (for example, a word processing program or a Web form) before using the writing pad or soft keyboard. • To adjust writing pad and keyboard settings, click or tap Tools, then click or tap Options. • For security and accuracy when entering masked text (such as passwords), use your tablet PC Input Panel's soft keyboard instead of the writing pad. 16 Access the TIP keyboard and writing pad by hand...
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... opens. Saving a document After you create a document, you want to other similar files. Similar procedures apply to save a document: 1 Click File, then click Save. www.gateway.com Working with documents Computer documents include word processing files, spreadsheet files, or other programs such as Corel® WordPerfect®, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft...
... opens. Saving a document After you create a document, you want to other similar files. Similar procedures apply to save a document: 1 Click File, then click Save. www.gateway.com Working with documents Computer documents include word processing files, spreadsheet files, or other programs such as Corel® WordPerfect®, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft...