Toshiba Portege 3500, User Manual

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Table of Contents
xvi Portégé 3500
Chapter 4 Operating Basics ...................................................... 4-1
Using the Touch pad ................................................................... 4-1
Using the TOSHIBA tablet pen .................................................... 4-3
Changing to the Tablet mode ...................................................... 4-9
Changing to the laptop mode.................................................... 4-12
Using the optional USB FDD Kit................................................ 4-12
Wireless communications.......................................................... 4-15
LAN............................................................................................ 4-18
Using the microphon ................................................................. 4-20
Modem ...................................................................................... 4-21
Cleaning the computer .............................................................. 4-25
Moving the computer ................................................................ 4-25
Heat dispersal............................................................................ 4-26
Chapter 5 The Keyboard............................................................ 5-1
Typewriter keys............................................................................ 5-1
F1 … F12 function keys............................................................... 5-2
Soft keys: Fn key combinations .................................................. 5-2
Windows special keys ................................................................. 5-6
Keypad overlay ............................................................................ 5-6
Generating ASCII characters ....................................................... 5-8
Chapter 6 Power and Power-Up Modes .................................. 6-1
Power conditions......................................................................... 6-1
Power indicators.......................................................................... 6-2
Battery types ............................................................................... 6-4
Care and use of the Battery Pack................................................ 6-6
Safety precautions....................................................................... 6-7
Replacing the Battery Pack ....................................................... 6-14
Starting the computer by password .......................................... 6-17
Tablet mode............................................................................... 6-17
Power-up modes ....................................................................... 6-18
Panel power off ......................................................................... 6-19
System Auto Off ........................................................................ 6-19
Chapter 7 HW Setup and Passwords ....................................... 7-1
HW Setup .................................................................................... 7-1
Supervisor password................................................................... 7-8