Toshiba L350 Manual

71Getting Started
Turning off the computer
2Click  Change plan settings  under the power plan to be 
customized.
The Edit Plan Settin gs window appears.
(Sample Image) Edit Plan Settings screen
3 To change the amount of time af ter which the computer enters 
Sleep mode:
❖ Under  Put the computer to sleep , select the desired 
amount of time in both the  On battery and Plugged in  
categories. 
❖ To disable the computer from  automatically entering Sleep 
mode, select  Never. 

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Turning off the computer
4Click  Change advanced power settings .
The Advanced settings tab of the Power Options window 
appears.
(Sample Image) Advanced settings tab of Power Options screen
5 Click  Power buttons and lid  to display the actions that you 
can configure.
6 Select  Sleep for the options you want.
These options can be set separately for how they operate while the 
computer is running on battery power or while connected to AC 
power.
❖ Lid close action  
Set this option to...

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Customizing your computer’s settings
Once the computer is configured, you can place it into Sleep mode 
by either pressing the power button or closing the display panel, 
depending on the Sleep options set.
Starting again from Sleep mode
To start up the computer from Sleep mode, press the power button 
until the on/off light glows green. The computer returns to the 
screen(s) you were using.
If you place the comput er in Sleep mode by closing the display 
panel, you can start it again...

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Caring for your computer
Moving the computer
Before moving your computer, even across the room, make sure all 
disk activity has ended (the drive indicator light stops glowing) and 
all external peripheral cables are disconnected.
Do not pick up the computer by its display panel or by the back. 
Doing so could damage the system.
Using a computer lock
You may want to secure your computer to a heavy object such as 
your desk. The easiest way to do this is to purchase an optional...

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Chapter 2
Learning the Basics
This chapter gives some computing tips and provides important 
information about basic features.
Computing tips
❖Save your work frequently.
Your work stays in the computer’s temporary memory until 
you save it to the disk. If the network you are using goes down 
and you must restart your computer to reconnect, or your 
battery runs out of charge while you are working, you will lose 
all work since you last saved.
See “Saving your work” on page 81  for further...

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Computing tips
❖Back up your files to disks (or other removable media) on a 
regular basis. Label the backup co pies clearly and store them in 
a safe place.
It is easy to put off backing up  because it takes time. However, 
if your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it 
unless you have a separate backup copy. For more information, 
see  “Data and system configurat ion backup in the Windows® 
operating system” on page 170 .
❖ Use Error-checking and Disk...

77Learning the Basics
Using the keyboard
Using the keyboard
Your computer’s keyboard contains character keys, control keys, 
function keys, and special Windows® keys.
(Sample Illustration) Keyboard
Character keys 
Typing with the character keys is  very much like typing on a 
typewriter, except that: 
❖ The space bar creates a space char acter instead of just passing 
over an area of the page.
❖ The lowercase letter l (el)  and the number 1 are not 
interchangeable.
❖ The uppercase letter O an d the...

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Starting a program
Function keys
The function keys (not to be confused with the Fn key) are the 12 
keys at the top of the keyboard. 
 (Sample Illustration) Function keys
F1 through F12 are called function keys because they execute 
programmed functions when pressed. Used in combination with the 
Fn key, function keys marked with icons execute specific functions 
on the computer. For example, 
Fn+F9 turns off the TouchPad. For 
more information, see  “Hot key functions” on page 182...

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Starting a program
Starting a program from the Start menu
When you install a prog ram, the operating system usually puts an 
icon in the All Programs menu. To start a program that has an icon 
in the All Programs menu, follow these steps, which use the 
Windows
® WordPad program as an example:
1 Click  Start, and then  All Programs .
The Windows
® operating system displays the All Programs 
menu, which lists programs and program groups. If your 
program is listed, go to step 3,...

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Starting a program
5In the left part of the window, c lick the line that ends in “Local 
Disk (C:).”
6 In the left part of the window, under the Local Disk C: icon, 
double-click the folder contai ning the program, in this case 
Program Files .
Windows
® Explorer shows the contents of the Program Files 
folder on the right side of th e window. The left side of the 
window shows all the folders  contained within the Program 
Files folder. 
7 In the left part of the window,...