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Function

Key Combinations

Turn off the display*

Turn off the hard-disk drive*

Activate suspend, sleep, or standby mode*

Activate suspend-to-disk mode*

or
on French keyboards

* This key combination does not function with ACPI if the settings have not been configured with the Power
Management Properties window in the Control Panel. See "

Power Management and Conservation

Table 5. System Setup Program Key Combinations

Function

Key Combinations

Open the system setup program

Open the

Battery Status screen of the system

setup program

* This key combination does not function with ACPI.

Dell AccessDirect Key

The Dell AccessDirect key located above your keyboard allows you to quickly access a frequently used
program, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer (see

Figure 1

in "Features and Options").

NOTE: Using an external keyboard with your computer disables the AccessDirect key.

For information on using an AccessDirect key and viewing or changing key assignments, see the
AccessDirect Help:

1. Open the Dell AccessDirect program in one of the following ways:

Double-click the AccessDirect icon in the system tray on the Windows taskbar (normally in the
bottom-right corner of the screen).

For Windows XP, click the

Start button and click Control Panel. In the Control Panel

window, click

Printers and Other Hardware. Click the Keyboard icon, and then click the

AccessDirect tab.

For Windows 98 and Windows 2000, click the

Start button, point to Settings, and then click

Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, double-click the Keyboard icon, and then
click the

AccessDirect tab.

2. Click

Help.