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Exploring Your Options
Exploring audio features
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2
Click the
Settings
tab.
3
Slide the Screen area slider bar toward
Less
until the
setting reads
800 x 600
, then click
Apply
.
The screen blinks momentarily while the settings are
adjusted.
4
The Monitor Settings window appears and asks if you
want to keep the settings.
5
Click
Yes
.
6
To change the settings back, repeat steps 2 through 5.
Display settings hot key
Using the
Fn
+
F5
keys, you can set your system’s display to
view DVD movies or presentations on an external device. For
more information, see
Exploring audio features
You can use your computer to record sounds using an
external microphone. You can play .wav sound files or audio
CDs using the built-in speakers, headphones or external
speakers.
Recording sounds
You can make audio recordings and save them as .wav files
by connecting an external microphone or other sound source
to the microphone jack and using the Sound Recorder feature
in the operating system.
DEFINITION: A .wav (pronounced “wave”) file is a format for
storing sound in files.