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Table8.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+F7ForWindows7:

Switchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Windowswillshowthese

displayoptions:

•Computerdisplayonly(LCD)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(sameimage)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(extendeddesktopfunction)

•Externalmonitoronly

Note:Toswitchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor,theWin+Pkey

combinationisalsoavailable.

ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

Switchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Ifanexternalmonitoris

attached,computeroutputisdisplayedinthefollowingthreepatternsbyturns:

•Externalmonitor(CRTdisplay)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(LCD+CRTdisplay)

•Computerdisplay(LCD)

Notes:

•Thisfunctionisnotsupportedifdifferentdesktopimagesaredisplayedonthecomputer

displayandtheexternalmonitor(theExtenddesktopfunction).

•ThisfunctiondoesnotworkwhileaDVDmovieoravideoclipisplaying.

•AsforThinkPadW520models,theCRTconnectordoesnotworkintheDOSenvironment

atNVIDIAOptimusmodeorIntegratedGraphicsmode,youneedtochangetoDiscrete

GraphicsmodetoturnontheCRTmonitor.IfthereisnodisplaytochangetheThinkPad

Setupsetting,pressF7toswitchtotheDiscreteGraphicsmoderightafterpower-on.

Toenablethisfunction,startPresentationDirector,andchangethesettings.

Note:MultipleuserscanlogontoasingleoperatingsystembyusingdifferentuserIDs.Each

userneedstodothefollowing:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙Presentation

Director,andchangetheFn+F7settings.

Fn+F8

ChangethesettingsoftheUltraNav®pointingdevice.

Fn+F9Reserved.

Fn+F10Reserved.

Fn+F11Reserved.

Fn+F12Putthecomputerintohibernationmode.Toreturntonormaloperation,pressthepower

buttonforlessthanfourseconds.

Notes:

Tousethiscombinationofthekeys,ThinkPadPMdevicedrivermusthavebeeninstalled

onthecomputer.

ThoughthescreenfadesoutimmediatelyafterFn+F12arepressed,thecomputer

doesnotenterthehibernationmodeimmediately.Donotmovethesystemuntilthe

sleep(standby)statusindicatorstopsblinking.Movingthecomputerwhenitisentering

hibernationmightcausecorruptionoftheharddiskdrive.

Fn+PgUp

TurntheThinkLight®onoroff.

Note:ThisfunctionissupportedonlyontheThinkPadNotebooksthathavetheThinkLight.

TheonoroffstatusoftheThinkLightisshownonthescreenforafewsecondswhenyou

pressFn+PgUp.

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