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Safety and comfort
5
First things first
16
Your guides ...................................................... 16
Basic care and tips for using your
computer .......................................................... 16
Turning your computer on and off............. 16
Taking care of your computer ................... 17
Taking care of your AC adapter ................ 18
Cleaning and servicing.............................. 18
Your Acer notebook tour
19
Screen view...................................................... 20
Keyboard view.................................................. 22
Front view......................................................... 23
Left view ........................................................... 24
Right view......................................................... 25
Information on USB 3.0............................. 25
Base view......................................................... 26
Touchpad
27
Touchpad basics .............................................. 27
Touchpad gestures .......................................... 28
Using the keyboard
29
Hotkeys ............................................................ 29
Windows keys .................................................. 31
Recovery
32
Creating a recovery backup ............................. 32
Creating a drivers and applications backup ..... 35
Recovering your system................................... 38
Reinstalling drivers and applications......... 39
Returning to an earlier system
snapshot................................................... 42
Returning your system to its factory
condition................................................... 43
Recovering from Windows ....................... 44
Recovering from a recovery backup ........ 48
Acer clear.fi
52
Navigating media and photos .......................... 52
Shared files .............................................. 53
Which devices are compatible? ............... 53
Playing to another device......................... 54
Power management
55
Acer Green Instant On..................................... 55
Saving power................................................... 56
Battery pack
59
Battery pack characteristics............................. 59
Charging the battery................................. 59
Optimizing battery life............................... 61
Checking the battery level........................ 61
Battery-low warning.................................. 62
Traveling with your computer
63
Disconnecting from the desktop ...................... 63
Moving around................................................. 63
Preparing the computer............................ 64
What to bring to meetings ........................ 64
Taking the computer home.............................. 65
Preparing the computer............................ 65
What to take with you............................... 65
Special considerations ............................. 65
Setting up a home office .......................... 66
Traveling with the computer ............................ 66
