Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 - Page 18

3TrackPoint
®
pointingstick7Touchpad
4Systemstatusindicator(illuminatedThinkPad
®
logo)
8Powerbutton
1Built-inmicrophones
Thebuilt-inmicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhenusedwithaprogramcapableofhandlingaudio.
Dependingonyourmodel,yourcomputermightcomewithonemicrophone.
2Integratedcamera
Yourcomputerhasanintegratedcamera.Usethecameratotakepicturesorholdavideoconference.For
details,see“Usingtheintegratedcamera”onpage42.
ThinkPadpointingdevice
3TrackPointpointingstick
7Touchpad
ThekeyboardcontainstheThinkPadpointingdevice.Pointing,selecting,anddraggingareallpartofasingle
processthatyoucanperformwithoutmovingyourngersfromatypingposition.Formoreinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage29.
4Systemstatusindicator(illuminatedThinkPadlogo)
TheilluminatedThinkPadlogoonthepalmrestfunctionsasasystemstatusindicator.Forthedetailed
informationaboutthelocationandmeaningoftheindicator,see“Statusindicators”onpage10.
5Mediacardreaderslot
Yourcomputerhasamediacardreaderslot.Formoreinformationaboutthesupportedcards,see“Usinga
ashmediacard”onpage43
.
6Fingerprintreader
Somemodelshaveangerprintreader.Fingerprintauthenticationtechnologyprovidesasimpleandsecure
useraccessbyassociatingyourngerprintwithapassword.Fordetails,see“Usingthengerprintreader”
onpage54
.
8Powerbutton
Usethepowerbuttontoturnonthecomputer.
Toturnoffthecomputer,usetheStartmenushutdownoptionontheMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7operating
system.FortheWindows8operatingsystem,movethecursortothebottomrightcornerofthescreento
bringupthecharms.ThenclickSettings➙Power➙Shutdown.
Ifyourcomputerstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfour
secondsormore.Ifthecomputerstillisnotresponding,removetheacpoweradapterorthesupported
ThinkPadOneLinkDockandthebatterytoresetthecomputer.
Youalsocanprogramthepowerbuttonsothatbypressingthepowerbuttonyoucanshutdownthe
computerorputitintosleeporhibernationmode.Toachievethis,youneedtochangeyourpowerplan
settings.Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:OpenthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickPowerPlanorclickAdvanced➙
PowerPlan.ForinstructionsonhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovo
programsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage16
.
2UserGuide