User guide

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Changing the Power Plan
In the Power pane of the Tablet Center, tap the drop-down menu besides Choose a power plan and
select the power plan you want.
 Setting the power plan to Power Saver reduces the performance of the tablet while saving
power.
 There are other power plans to choose from as shown on the Power menu.
When you press and release the power button, the tablet can go into one of the following modes:
 Sleep –The tablet pauses all activity immediately and quickly resumes when awakened. This
saves power when you are away from your tablet for a short time. However, you will lose
unsaved data if there’s a power failure.
 Hibernate –The tablet saves the contents of memory to the drive and shuts down. Press the
power button to restore the desktop exactly as you left it.
 Shut down –The tablet shuts down. Pressing the power button reboots the tablet.
By default, the tablet goes to sleep when you press and release the power button. To wake up your
tablet, press and release the power button again. You can put the tablet in Hibernate mode or shut it
down completely from the Start menu.
You can change how the power button behaves when it is pressed either to hibernate or to shut down
the tablet. You can set the behavior individually, depending on whether the tablet is running on battery
or plugged in.
Changing What Happens When the Power Button Is Pressed
 Tap the drop-down menu beside the Power switch on battery and select the action the power
button performs when your Tablet is on battery power.
 Tap the drop-down menu beside the Power switch plugged in and select the action the power
button performs when your Tablet is plugged into AC power.
Power button field
Power plan field