User's Manual

Notebook User Guide
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3.1 Starting Your Operating System
The operating system is a must ingredient in using your computer. Without an
operating system, it is like playing chess without the chessboard. It is the
platform for all your software application programs to run on. The most popular
operating system today is Microsoft Windows. You should have installed one
operating system by your dealer unless you are an expert computer user and
would need a more powerful operating system. If you have an operating system
already installed in your computer, then you would be up and running after you
power on your computer and boot up the system. Check your operating system
manual on how to run it.
3.2 Understanding the Keyboard
Functions
Your notebook computer is equipped with an 84/88 keys keyboard that provides
all the functionality of a full-sized 101 or 102-key IBM keyboard. Aside from the
standard typewriter-layout keyboard of your computer, there are a number of
extra features and function controls on the built-in keyboard including Windows
system hot keys.