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Contents 31 Turning on the power 50 Setting up your software 50 Registering your computer with Toshiba 51 Adding optional external devices 51 Adding memory (optional 52 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 59 Checking total memory 62 Recovering the Internal ... or projector 86 Directing the display output when you turn on the computer 86 Adjusting the quality of the external display......87 Using an external keyboard 87 Using a mouse 87
Contents 31 Turning on the power 50 Setting up your software 50 Registering your computer with Toshiba 51 Adding optional external devices 51 Adding memory (optional 52 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 59 Checking total memory 62 Recovering the Internal ... or projector 86 Directing the display output when you turn on the computer 86 Adjusting the quality of the external display......87 Using an external keyboard 87 Using a mouse 87
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... the computer 100 Moving the computer 101 Using a computer lock 101 Chapter 2: Learning the Basics 102 Computing tips 102 Using the keyboard 103 Character keys 104 Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard 104 Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys 105 Function keys 105 Special Windows® keys 105 Overlay keys 106 Starting a program...
... the computer 100 Moving the computer 101 Using a computer lock 101 Chapter 2: Learning the Basics 102 Computing tips 102 Using the keyboard 103 Character keys 104 Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard 104 Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys 105 Function keys 105 Special Windows® keys 105 Overlay keys 106 Starting a program...
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... operating system can help you 175 Fixing a problem with Device Manager 176 Checking device properties 176 Memory problems 177 Power and the batteries 177 Keyboard problems 179 Display problems 179 Disk or storage drive problems 181 Error-checking 181 Optical disc drive problems 182 Sound system problems 185 Printer problems... habits 189 Data and system configuration backup in the Windows® operating system 190 If you need further assistance 194 Before you contact Toshiba 194 Contacting Toshiba 195 Other Toshiba Internet Web sites 195 Toshiba's worldwide offices 196
... operating system can help you 175 Fixing a problem with Device Manager 176 Checking device properties 176 Memory problems 177 Power and the batteries 177 Keyboard problems 179 Display problems 179 Disk or storage drive problems 181 Error-checking 181 Optical disc drive problems 182 Sound system problems 185 Printer problems... habits 189 Data and system configuration backup in the Windows® operating system 190 If you need further assistance 194 Before you contact Toshiba 194 Contacting Toshiba 195 Other Toshiba Internet Web sites 195 Toshiba's worldwide offices 196
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36 Contents Appendix A: Hot Keys/TOSHIBA Cards 198 Hot Key Cards 198 Using the Hot Key Cards 199 Hot key functions 199 Volume Mute 200 Lock (Instant security 201 Power plan 202 Sleep mode 203 Hibernation mode 204 Output (Display switch 205 Display brightness 206 Disabling or enabling wireless devices............207 Disabling or enabling the touch pad 208 Zoom (Display resolution 209 Keyboard hot key functions 210 Appendix B: Power Cord/Cable Connectors 211 Glossary 212 Index 227
36 Contents Appendix A: Hot Keys/TOSHIBA Cards 198 Hot Key Cards 198 Using the Hot Key Cards 199 Hot key functions 199 Volume Mute 200 Lock (Instant security 201 Power plan 202 Sleep mode 203 Hibernation mode 204 Output (Display switch 205 Display brightness 206 Disabling or enabling wireless devices............207 Disabling or enabling the touch pad 208 Zoom (Display resolution 209 Keyboard hot key functions 210 Appendix B: Power Cord/Cable Connectors 211 Glossary 212 Index 227
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... computer. Getting Started 45 Setting up your software" on your computer's cooling fan Your computer may have adequate ventilation and are not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, printer, and memory. See "Connecting to a power source" on a carpet or other soft material can use external power or to charge the battery you can...
... computer. Getting Started 45 Setting up your software" on your computer's cooling fan Your computer may have adequate ventilation and are not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, printer, and memory. See "Connecting to a power source" on a carpet or other soft material can use external power or to charge the battery you can...
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Any small bright dots that may appear on the palm rest to hold the computer in place and use the other objects from the keyboard area before closing the display panel, place one hand on your computer. Your display contains an extremely large number of the display panel. 2 Gently raise ...
Any small bright dots that may appear on the palm rest to hold the computer in place and use the other objects from the keyboard area before closing the display panel, place one hand on your computer. Your display contains an extremely large number of the display panel. 2 Gently raise ...
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...with Toshiba Registering your computer with Toshiba Product registration is strongly recommended, and allows Toshiba to send you may want to: ❖ Add more memory (see "Adding memory (optional)" on page 52) ❖ Connect a mouse (see "Using a mouse" on page 87) ❖ Connect an external keyboard (...see "Using an external keyboard" on page 87) ❖...
...with Toshiba Registering your computer with Toshiba Product registration is strongly recommended, and allows Toshiba to send you may want to: ❖ Add more memory (see "Adding memory (optional)" on page 52) ❖ Connect a mouse (see "Using a mouse" on page 87) ❖ Connect an external keyboard (...see "Using an external keyboard" on page 87) ❖...
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... warning screen appears, stating that you created are on DVDs, insert the first recovery DVD into your optical disc drive. ❖ If your keyboard. To recover your internal storage drive from recovery DVDs/media: 1 Make sure your computer is turned off. 2 Do one of the following...of factory default software with user's data ❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions ❖ Recover to continue. 6 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the "Selecting a process" screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. Click Yes to...
... warning screen appears, stating that you created are on DVDs, insert the first recovery DVD into your optical disc drive. ❖ If your keyboard. To recover your internal storage drive from recovery DVDs/media: 1 Make sure your computer is turned off. 2 Do one of the following...of factory default software with user's data ❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions ❖ Recover to continue. 6 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the "Selecting a process" screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. Click Yes to...
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NOTE The pointer is the icon (usually an arrow) that moves on the Mouse icon in the Optimize tab of Toshiba Assist. Some of the following features, click on the screen when you slide your finger across the touch pad or move a mouse connected to your ... pad and associated control buttons Refer to be enabled before they can use the touch pad (the small, touch-sensitive area in front of the keyboard) and the adjacent control buttons to: ❖ Move the pointer on the screen ❖ Select an item on the screen ❖ Open or activate an...
NOTE The pointer is the icon (usually an arrow) that moves on the Mouse icon in the Optimize tab of Toshiba Assist. Some of the following features, click on the screen when you slide your finger across the touch pad or move a mouse connected to your ... pad and associated control buttons Refer to be enabled before they can use the touch pad (the small, touch-sensitive area in front of the keyboard) and the adjacent control buttons to: ❖ Move the pointer on the screen ❖ Select an item on the screen ❖ Open or activate an...
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... you prefer to use a USB-compatible mouse. The computer's USB ports support most USB-compatible keyboards. You can use an external keyboard, you can attach one to your television (or other external video device) ❖ External monitor and TV ❖ Built-in display and external ...Sample Image) Display options window 3 Release the Fn key. Using a mouse You may need to adjust the video settings. Getting Started 87 Using an external keyboard ❖ Built-in display and TV (or other external video device) ❖ TV (or other video display device), you may want to use a ...
... you prefer to use a USB-compatible mouse. The computer's USB ports support most USB-compatible keyboards. You can use an external keyboard, you can attach one to your television (or other external video device) ❖ External monitor and TV ❖ Built-in display and external ...Sample Image) Display options window 3 Release the Fn key. Using a mouse You may need to adjust the video settings. Getting Started 87 Using an external keyboard ❖ Built-in display and TV (or other external video device) ❖ TV (or other video display device), you may want to use a ...
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... which you were using. NOTE Please handle your computer carefully to suit your power usage settings. To keep dust and dirt out of the computer's keyboard, speaker, and other openings. See "Utilities" on cleaning and moving your computer's settings Starting again from Sleep mode To start it again by opening the...
... which you were using. NOTE Please handle your computer carefully to suit your power usage settings. To keep dust and dirt out of the computer's keyboard, speaker, and other openings. See "Utilities" on cleaning and moving your computer's settings Starting again from Sleep mode To start it again by opening the...
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...may damage the disk, the drive, or both. Using the keyboard Your computer's keyboard contains character keys, control keys, function keys, and special Windows® keys. (Sample Illustration) Keyboard for L730/L740 Series (Sample Illustration) Keyboard for viruses. If you receive via external media, email, ...or download from or writing to a disk may be lost. This precaution is active. Learning the Basics Using the keyboard 103 ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly to check and optimize disk space and improve performance. ❖ Scan all...
...may damage the disk, the drive, or both. Using the keyboard Your computer's keyboard contains character keys, control keys, function keys, and special Windows® keys. (Sample Illustration) Keyboard for L730/L740 Series (Sample Illustration) Keyboard for viruses. If you receive via external media, email, ...or download from or writing to a disk may be lost. This precaution is active. Learning the Basics Using the keyboard 103 ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly to check and optimize disk space and improve performance. ❖ Scan all...
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..., as follows: Press Fn and Enter simultaneously to emulate a full-size keyboard. Pressing the Fn key simultaneously in combination with one Enter key. Although your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard NOTE This section applies to the regular and numeric pad Enter keys on ...and the number 1 are not interchangeable. ❖ The uppercase letter O and the number 0 are not interchangeable. editing keys; A standard full-size keyboard includes two Enter, Ctrl, and Alt keys; cursor positioning keys; However, some programs assign separate functions to the L730/L740 series. and a numeric...
..., as follows: Press Fn and Enter simultaneously to emulate a full-size keyboard. Pressing the Fn key simultaneously in combination with one Enter key. Although your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard NOTE This section applies to the regular and numeric pad Enter keys on ...and the number 1 are not interchangeable. ❖ The uppercase letter O and the number 0 are not interchangeable. editing keys; A standard full-size keyboard includes two Enter, Ctrl, and Alt keys; cursor positioning keys; However, some programs assign separate functions to the L730/L740 series. and a numeric...
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...the Start menu ❖ Application key-Has a similar function as the secondary mouse button Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys Learning the Basics Using the keyboard 105 (Sample Illustration) Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys The Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys do different things depending on page 199. Special Windows...174; keys Windows® key Application key (Sample Illustration) Special Windows® keys Your computer's keyboard has one key and one button that have special functions in combination with the Fn key, function keys marked with the Fn key) are the...
...the Start menu ❖ Application key-Has a similar function as the secondary mouse button Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys Learning the Basics Using the keyboard 105 (Sample Illustration) Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys The Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys do different things depending on page 199. Special Windows...174; keys Windows® key Application key (Sample Illustration) Special Windows® keys Your computer's keyboard has one key and one button that have special functions in combination with the Fn key, function keys marked with the Fn key) are the...
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This overlay lets you enter numeric data or control the cursor as you would using the 10-key keypad on a desktop computer's keyboard. (Sample Illustration) Numeric and cursor control overlay Using the overlay to type numeric data NOTE This section applies to the L730/L740 series. To turn ... and cursor overlay. The keys with gray numbers and symbols on their right front are the numeric overlay keys. 106 Learning the Basics Using the keyboard Overlay keys NOTE This section applies to the L730/L740 series. The numeric overlay light glows when the numeric overlay is on , press Fn and...
This overlay lets you enter numeric data or control the cursor as you would using the 10-key keypad on a desktop computer's keyboard. (Sample Illustration) Numeric and cursor control overlay Using the overlay to type numeric data NOTE This section applies to the L730/L740 series. To turn ... and cursor overlay. The keys with gray numbers and symbols on their right front are the numeric overlay keys. 106 Learning the Basics Using the keyboard Overlay keys NOTE This section applies to the L730/L740 series. The numeric overlay light glows when the numeric overlay is on , press Fn and...
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... spaces. If you created a new document, your program displays a Save As dialog box. 110 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving files 1 Click on the keyboard, except for these characters File names are working with a document that can contain up to display the drop-down menu, and then click Save.
... spaces. If you created a new document, your program displays a Save As dialog box. 110 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving files 1 Click on the keyboard, except for these characters File names are working with a document that can contain up to display the drop-down menu, and then click Save.
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... is used in the Control Panel. (Sample Image) Sound properties window ❖ If you turn on the computer" on an external monitor, even though your keyboard to navigate within the Blu-ray Disc™ player.
... is used in the Control Panel. (Sample Image) Sound properties window ❖ If you turn on the computer" on an external monitor, even though your keyboard to navigate within the Blu-ray Disc™ player.
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Utilities TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 161 ❖ Display-Allows you are using after starting in display NOTE When the computer restarts, it remembers the last configuration. If data does not appear on the display you to change certain settings back to their default values ❖ Keyboard-Allows you to access the wake-on keyboard function...
Utilities TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 161 ❖ Display-Allows you are using after starting in display NOTE When the computer restarts, it remembers the last configuration. If data does not appear on the display you to change certain settings back to their default values ❖ Keyboard-Allows you to access the wake-on keyboard function...
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In that case, if there is a USB port that does not have the USB Sleep and Charge function-compatible icon ( ), attach the mouse or keyboard to the compatible ports. Metal paper clips or hair pins/clips will generate heat if they come into contact with the power ON/OFF of ... the computer, the battery of the computer will be supplied to the compatible port even when the power of the computer is turned OFF. Utilities TOSHIBA Sleep Utility 163 NOTE ❖ When "USB Sleep and Charge function" is set to Enabled, the "USB Wakeup function" does not work , but the "USB...
In that case, if there is a USB port that does not have the USB Sleep and Charge function-compatible icon ( ), attach the mouse or keyboard to the compatible ports. Metal paper clips or hair pins/clips will generate heat if they come into contact with the power ON/OFF of ... the computer, the battery of the computer will be supplied to the compatible port even when the power of the computer is turned OFF. Utilities TOSHIBA Sleep Utility 163 NOTE ❖ When "USB Sleep and Charge function" is set to Enabled, the "USB Wakeup function" does not work , but the "USB...
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...and allows you are off the numlock light. If the numlock light or cursor control overlay light is on . If you to update your keyboard driver. If this , press Fn and F5 simultaneously (once). If the problem occurs when both the keypad overlays are using a different ...make sure the display priority is not remapping the keyboard. Refer to the software documentation and check that came with the computer. If you are some typical display problems and their solutions: The...
...and allows you are off the numlock light. If the numlock light or cursor control overlay light is on . If you to update your keyboard driver. If this , press Fn and F5 simultaneously (once). If the problem occurs when both the keypad overlays are using a different ...make sure the display priority is not remapping the keyboard. Refer to the software documentation and check that came with the computer. If you are some typical display problems and their solutions: The...