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Getting Help
This chapter tells you about additional information 
resources available to help you use your convertible 
tablet PC. Read this chapter to learn how to access:
■Help and Support
■Do More With Gateway
■Online help
■Gateway Web site 

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Help and Support
Your convertible tablet PC includes Help and Support, an easily accessible 
collection of help information, troubleshooters, instructional videos, and 
automated support. Use Help and Support to answer questions about Windows.
To start Help and Support:
■Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Help and Support opens.
You can find help information by clicking/tapping a link, performing a search, 
or browsing the index.
Searching for a...

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Do More With Gateway
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Do More With Gateway
Your convertible tablet PC may include Do More With Gateway, a tool that 
provides additional information about using your Gateway convertible 
tablet PC for digital music, digital photography, digital video, gaming, and 
other programs. To access Do More With Gateway, click/tap 
Start, then click/tap 
Do More With Gateway. Click/Tap the topics listed on the left-side of the page to 
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Online help
Many programs provide information online so you can research a topic or learn 
how to perform a task while you are using the program. You can access most 
online help information by selecting a topic from a 
Help menu or by 
clicking/tapping a 
Help button.
You can search for information by viewing the help contents, checking the 
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Gateway Web site
Gateway’s online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and 
provides the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and 
personalized information about your convertible tablet PC. Visit the Gateway 
eSupport Web site at support.gateway.com
. For more information about 
connecting to the Internet, see “Using the Internet” on page 79.
Using eSupport
The eSupport site is divided into five major areas:
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Support Home
To get specific information about your convertible tablet PC, type your serial 
number into the My Support box, then click/tap 
Continue, or click/tap Look up 
my serial number for me
. For more information, see “Finding your specifications” 
on page 12.
Click/Tap 
Support Home, then click/tap All Support Documents to access product 
documentation, specifications, and guides. By entering your serial number, you 
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Windows Basics
Read this chapter to learn how to:
■Use the Windows desktop
■Manage files and folders
■Wo r k  w i t h  d o c u m e n t s
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About Windows XP tablet PC 
Edition
The Microsoft Windows XP tablet PC Edition operating system is a fully 
functioning version of Windows XP Professional with added pen-based 
computing features:
■Tablet and Pen Settings — set properties for the pen, tablet buttons, and 
display screen
■tablet PC Input Panel (TIP) — use its writing pad, soft keyboard, and voice 
recognition for entering data
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About the Windows environment
After your convertible tablet PC starts, the first screen you see is the Windows 
desktop. The desktop is like the top of a real desk. Think of the desktop as your 
personalized work space where you open programs and perform other tasks.
Your desktop may be different from this example, depending on how your 
convertible tablet PC is set up.
Help and 
SupportFor more information about the Windows XP desktop, 
click/tap Start,...

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Using the desktop
The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon.
Using the Start menu
You can start programs, open files, customize your system, get help, search for 
files and folders, and more using the Start menu.
To use the Start menu:
1Click/Tap the Start button on the lower left of the Windows desktop. The 
Start menu opens showing you the first level of menu items.
2Click/Tap All Programs to see all programs and files in...