User's Manual

First things first
We would like to tha n k y ou for mak i ng a n Ace r no tebook yo ur ch oice fo r
meeting you r mo bile co mp uting need s.
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Your guides
To h e lp you use you r Acer no tebo ok, we h ave desig n ed a set of gu ides:
F i rst off, the Just for Starters... poster he lps you get star t ed with setting up y o ur
com pu t er .
The p r inted Aspi re Series Generic User G uide co ntain s useful informatio n
app l ying to all mo dels in the Asp i re prod uct series. It co vers b a sic topi cs s u ch a s
Acer eR ecovery Ma nage men t , u s ing the keyboard, Au dio , etc. Please
understand that due to its na t u re, the Ge n e r i c Us e r G u i d e as well as the
Ace r System Use r Gu id e men t ion e d b e low will o ccasio n ally refer t o fun c tions o r
features which are on ly con t ained in certain mo dels o f th e series, bu t no t
nece ss arily in th e mo del you pu rchased . Su ch i n stances are m a rked i n the text
with langu a ge su ch as "only for certain models".
The p r inted Quick Gu id e introduces you to the basic featu r es an d fu nctio n s of
y ou r ne w c o mp ute r . F o r mo re on ho w yo ur c o mp u t e r c a n h e l p yo u t o b e mo re
produc t i ve, please refer t o the A c erSystem User G u id e. This guide con t a i ns
detailed info r m ation on such s u bjec t s as system u t il it ie s , d a ta recovery, ex pansio n
op tion s and tro ub l esho oting . In ad ditio n it co ntains warran t y info r m ation and
the g e neral regulations and safet y no tices for your notebook.
It is avai lable in Portabl e Docu men t Fo rmat (P DF) and com e s prelo a ded on yo ur
not e book. Follow these steps to a ccess it:
1 C lick on St a r t , All Prog ram s , Ace r S y stem .
2 C lick on AcerSystem User Gu ide .
No te: Viewing the f ile r e quires Adob e Rea d er. If Ad obe Read er is
no t installed on yo ur co mp uter, clic king on Ace r System Use r Gu id e
will run the Adob e Read er setup prog r a m first . Fo llow the
instructions on the screen to complete the inst all a t i on. For
instructions on how to us e Adobe Reader, ac cess t h e He lp a nd
Su pp ort men u .
Basic care and ti ps for us ing your comput er
Turning your computer on and off
To turn on the computer, s i mply press and relea s e th e powe r bu tt on be l o w th e
LC D screen beside t h e easy-lau n ch bu tt on s. Please refre to " Q u i ck Gu id e" for
the location of the power button.