ThinkPad L480 - Chapter 3. Enhancing Your Computer; Finding ThinkPad Options; Docking Stations Overview

If you mute the sound and turn off your computer, the sound will remain muted when you turn on your
computer. To turn on the sound, press
or .
• Decrease the speaker volume.
• Increase the speaker volume.
• Mute or unmute the microphones.
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Darken the computer display.
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Brighten the computer display.
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Manage external displays.
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Enable or disable the built-in wireless features.
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Open the Settings window.
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Enable or disable the built-in Bluetooth features.
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Open a keyboard setting page.
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Invoke the function defined by yourself.
To define or change the action for the F12 key, do the following:
1. Open Lenovo Companion. See “Accessing Lenovo programs” on page 16.
2. Click Hardware Settings and then click the input icon
.
3. Locate the Keyboard: User-defined Key section and follow the instructions on the screen to
complete the setting.
On the Input page, you can also define different functions for the key combinations with F12, such as Shift
+F12, Alt+F12, or Ctrl+F12.
Key combinations
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+ : Open the calculator.
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+ : Put your computer into sleep mode.
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+ : Open the Snipping Tool program.
• Fn+Spacebar: If your computer supports keyboard backlight, press Fn+Spacebar to switch between the
different keyboard backlight status (off, low, or high).
• Fn+B: This key combination has the same function as the Break key on a conventional external keyboard.
• Fn+K: This key combination has the same function as the ScrLK or Scroll Lock key on a conventional
external keyboard.
• Fn+P: This key combination has the same function as the Pause key on a conventional external keyboard.
• Fn+S: This key combination has the same function as the SysRq key on a conventional external keyboard.
• Fn+4: Press Fn+4 to put the computer into sleep mode. To wake up the computer, press the Fn key or the
power button.
• Fn+Left arrow key: This key combination has the same function as the Home key.
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