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Dell Inspiron Mini Duo (1090, Late 2010) User Manual

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Using Your Inspiron Laptop

1 Function key row — The wireless enable or disable key

, brightness increase

and

decrease

keys, multimedia keys, and the touch pad enable or disable key

, are

located in this row.
For more information on the multimedia keys, see “Multimedia Control Keys” on page 32.

2 Caps Lock status light — Turns on when Caps Lock is enabled. A solid white light indicates

that Caps Lock is enabled.

3 Touch pad — Provides the functionality of a mouse to move the cursor, drag or move

selected items, and left-click by tapping the surface.
The touch pad supports the Scroll, Flick, Zoom, and Rotate features. To change the touch
pad settings, double-click the Dell Touch pad icon in the notification area of your desktop.
For more information, see “Touch Pad Gestures” on page 30.
NOTE:

To enable or disable the touch pad, press the

key on the function key row on

the keyboard.

4 Touch pad buttons — Provide left-click and right-click functions like those on a mouse.

5 Power/Battery status light — Indicates the power and the battery charge status. For

more information on the power/battery status light, see “Status Lights and Indicators” on
page 26.

6 Hard drive activity light — Turns on when the computer reads or writes data. A solid white

light indicates hard drive activity.

CAUTION: To avoid loss of data, never turn off the computer when the hard drive
activity light is on.