Table of contents
1  Starting right ................................................................................................................................................  1
Visit the HP Apps Store ..........................................................................................................................................  1
Best practices ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
More HP resources .................................................................................................................................................  2
2  Getting to know your computer ......................................................................................................................  4
Locating hardware .................................................................................................................................................  4
Locating software .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Right side ...............................................................................................................................................................  5
Left side .................................................................................................................................................................  6
Display .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Top ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11
TouchPad ...........................................................................................................................................  11
Lights ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Buttons ..............................................................................................................................................  13
Keys ...................................................................................................................................................  14
Using the action keys ........................................................................................................................  14
Bottom .................................................................................................................................................................  16
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 16
3  Connecting to a network ..............................................................................................................................  18
Connecting to a wireless network .......................................................................................................................  18
Using the wireless controls ...............................................................................................................  18
Airplane mode key ..........................................................................................................  18
Operating system controls .............................................................................................  18
Connecting to a WLAN .......................................................................................................................  19
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select products only) .......................................................................... 19
Using HP DataPass (select products only) ........................................................................................  20
Using GPS (select products only) ......................................................................................................  20
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select products only) .................................................................  20
Connecting to a wired network—LAN (select products only) ............................................................................. 20
Sharing data and drives and accessing software ................................................................................................ 21
4  Enjoying entertainment features .................................................................................................................. 22
Using a webcam or 3D camera (select products only) ........................................................................................ 22
Using audio ..........................................................................................................................................................  22
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