HP pavilion xu100 Service Manual

Basic

Operation

Operating Your Computer

Reference

Guide

To use the ALT GR key

Non-U.S. keyboards have an ALT GR key to the right of the spacebar. This is a shift key
that provides access to certain special keyboard characters.

• For a character in the lower-right corner of a key, press and hold ALT GR to type the

character.

1. Shifted.

2. Unshifted.

3. ALT GR.

To adjust the display

Changing the brightness

• Press Fn+F1 or Fn+F2 to decrease or increase (respectively) the display’s brightness.

–or–

• Click Start, Programs, HP Display Settings, HP Display Settings (Windows 98 or

2000), or Start, All Programs, Hewlett-Packard, Notebook, HP Display Settings, HP
Display Settings (Windows XP). You have the option of adding a display settings
icon in the taskbar for quick access.

Hint

To maximize your battery operating time, set the brightness to the lowest level you can
view comfortably.

Changing display settings

You can customize a number of display settings for your computer, such as color depth
and screen area.

1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then double-click Display (Windows 98 or 2000),

or click Start, Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, Display (Windows XP).

2. Click the Settings tab, then make the settings you want.

The computer has an LCD display, which behaves differently from a normal computer
monitor. If you change the display resolution, the desktop changes size, but the objects on
it do not. You normally won’t change the resolution except to use an external monitor.