Acer Aspire S3-391 - Manual (Page 4)

Table of contents - 3
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ABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of contents 3
Safety and comfort 5
First things first 16
Your guides ...................................................... 16
Basic care and tips for using your
computer .......................................................... 16
Turning your computer on and off............. 16
Taking care of your computer ................... 17
Taking care of your AC adapter ................ 18
Cleaning and servicing.............................. 18
Your Acer notebook tour 19
Screen view...................................................... 20
Keyboard view.................................................. 21
Front view......................................................... 22
Rear view ......................................................... 22
Information on USB 3.0............................. 23
Left view ........................................................... 24
Right view......................................................... 25
Base view......................................................... 26
Touchpad 28
Touchpad basics .............................................. 28
Touchpad gestures .......................................... 29
Using the keyboard 30
Lock keys and embedded numeric keypad...... 30
Hotkeys ..................................................... 31
Windows keys .................................................. 33
Recovery 34
Creating a recovery backup ............................. 34
Creating a drivers and applications backup ..... 37
Recovering your system .................................. 40
Reinstalling drivers and applications........ 41
Returning to an earlier system
snapshot................................................... 44
Returning your system to its factory
condition................................................... 45
Recovering from Windows ....................... 46
Recovering from a recovery backup ........ 50
Acer Ring 54
Device Control 56
Acer clear.fi 57
Navigating media and photos .......................... 57
Shared files .............................................. 58
Which devices are compatible? ............... 58
Playing to another device......................... 59
Power management 60
Acer Green Instant On..................................... 60
Saving power................................................... 61
Battery pack 64
Battery pack characteristics............................. 64
Charging the battery................................. 64
Optimizing battery life............................... 66
Checking the battery level........................ 66
Battery-low warning.................................. 67
Traveling with your computer 68
Disconnecting from the desktop ...................... 68
Moving around................................................. 68
Preparing the computer............................ 69
What to bring to meetings ........................ 69