1. Laptops and Windows tips

3. Plug in a bigger monitor or projector
Plug in a full size keyboard and mouse
You can use an SD memory card instead of a USB flash drive to reduce the chance of damage to laptop

4. Off = Running on battery This button turns wireless on and off
On = Power on
Flashing = Sleeping
On = Wireless enabled
Orange = Charging
Blue = Charged
Off = Running on battery
This button turns wireless on and off

5. Saving Power Turn wireless off when not needed
Reduce brightness of screen (Fn + )
Have a static background (not a slide show)
Use sleep mode between activities and classes
Turn off laptop screen when using a projector (home + p)

6. Connecting to a projector
Press home and ‘p’ to choose different display options
This option saves power

7. Type in here to find what you are looking for quickly
Finding what you want
Type in here to find what you are looking for quickly

8. Right click on the icon to pin it to the taskbar if you use it often

9. Hover mouse over icons in task bar to preview what is open

10. Click Alt + tab to switch between open applications
Click tab to switch between open applications with style

11. Right click on the icons to jump to recent documents

12. Press home and spacebar to do the same
Hover mouse over the rectangle on the bottom right corner to preview the desktop. Click it to minimise all windows. Click again to restore
Press home and spacebar to do the same

13. Dragging a window to the side of the screen will make it snap to half the screen size so you can compare documents
Keyboard shortcuts:
Home + left arrow
Home + right arrow

14. Disconnecting USB devicesor

15. Right click on the desktop to install gadgets or personalise the desktop by changing backgrounds and colours.
Drag gadgets onto the desktop