Keyboard and keypad controls – Dell Precision M40 User Manual

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display. For detailed information on video resolution, see "

Technical Specifications

If the video resolution setting is higher than that supported by the display, the computer enters pan mode. In pan mode the screen cannot be
completely displayed. For example, the taskbar that usually appears at the bottom of the desktop may no longer be visible. To view the rest of the
screen, use the touch pad or track stick to pan up and down and left and right.

NOTICE: You can damage the monitor by using an unsupported refresh rate. Before adjusting the refresh rate on an external
monitor, see the monitor's user's guide.

If you select a resolution and color combination that the computer does not support, the computer automatically selects the next supported
combination.

Keyboard and Keypad Controls

Key combinations allow you to:

modes.

settings.

key.

Numeric Keypad

The numeric keypad shares some of the keys on your computer's keyboard. The shared numbers and symbol characters are shown on the right
side of the keys. When you activate the numeric keypad, the

light turns on.

Numeric Keypad Key Combinations

Power Conservation Key Combination

NOTE: Color depth is based on 256 colors for 8-bit, 65,536 colors for 16-bit, and 4,294,967,296 colors for 32-bit displays.

NOTE: On an external keyboard, press with the appropriate keys if the External Hot Key option is enabled in the

system

setup program

Function

When Keypad Is Off

Turn on the keypad

Temporarily enable a cursor-control key in the keypad

<cursor key>

Temporarily enable a number or symbol key on the keypad

<number key>

Function

When Keypad Is On

Turn off the keypad

Temporarily enable the lowercase characters/functions of the keyboard

<key>

Temporarily enables the uppercase characters/functions of the
keyboard

Temporarily enable a cursor-control key in the keypad

<cursor key>