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HP OmniBook 800 Notebook PC User Manual

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Some of the taskbar indicators provide information or control when you move the
mouse pointer over the indicator or when you click the indicator (or double-click, or
right-click). For example, double-click the ac or battery indicator to find out how
much battery power remains.

In this section you’ll learn how to

View or hide the Status Panel.

Move the Status Panel.

Configure the Status Panel.

To view or hide the Status Panel

At any time, you can hide or display the Status Panel.

Press FN+ESC—the panel becomes hidden or visible.

You can’t display the Status Panel if you’ve disabled it. See

"To configure the Status

Panel."

To move the Status Panel

Press FN+HOME, FN+END, FN+PAGE UP, or FN+PAGE DOWN to move the
Status Panel around the corners of the display. This allows you to view what the
Status Panel might be obscuring.

To configure the Status Panel

You can enable or disable the Status Panel and specify its location and contents:
power status, keyboard status, and drive C status.

Open HP User Tools (click Start, HP User Tools). On the Settings tab, click
OmniBook Status Panel Setup.

–or–

Run the

System Configuration Utility

and use the System menu Status Panel

Settings command.