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Acer Aspire M3-581TG User Manual

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Safety and comfort

5

First things first

16

Your guides ...................................................... 16
Basic care and tips for using your
computer .......................................................... 16

Turning your computer on and off............. 16
Taking care of your computer ................... 17
Taking care of your AC adapter ................ 18
Cleaning and servicing.............................. 18

Your Acer notebook tour

19

Screen view...................................................... 20
Keyboard view.................................................. 21
Front view......................................................... 22
Rear view ......................................................... 22

Information on USB 3.0............................. 23

Left view ........................................................... 24
Right view......................................................... 25
Base view......................................................... 26

Touchpad

28

Touchpad basics .............................................. 28
Touchpad gestures .......................................... 29

Using the keyboard

30

Lock keys and embedded numeric keypad...... 30

Hotkeys ..................................................... 31

Windows keys .................................................. 33

Recovery

34

Creating a recovery backup ............................. 34
Creating a drivers and applications backup ..... 37
Recovering your system................................... 40

Reinstalling drivers and applications......... 41

Returning to an earlier system
snapshot................................................... 44
Returning your system to its factory
condition................................................... 45
Recovering from Windows ....................... 46
Recovering from a recovery backup ........ 50

Acer clear.fi

54

Navigating media and photos .......................... 54

Shared files .............................................. 55
Which devices are compatible? ............... 55
Playing to another device......................... 56

Power management

57

Acer Green Instant On..................................... 57
Saving power................................................... 58

Battery pack

61

Battery pack characteristics............................. 61

Charging the battery................................. 61
Optimizing battery life............................... 63
Checking the battery level........................ 63
Battery-low warning.................................. 64

Traveling with your computer

65

Disconnecting from the desktop ...................... 65
Moving around................................................. 65

Preparing the computer............................ 66
What to bring to meetings ........................ 66

Taking the computer home.............................. 67

Preparing the computer............................ 67
What to take with you............................... 67
Special considerations ............................. 68
Setting up a home office .......................... 68

Traveling with the computer ............................ 69

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