User manual TOSHIBA TECRA S3

[. . . ] Tecra® S3 Series User's Guide If you need assistance: Toshiba's Support Website pcsupport. toshiba. com Toshiba Global Support Centre Calling within the United States (800) 457-7777 Calling from outside the United States (949) 859-4273 For more information, see "If Something Goes Wrong" on page 254 in this guide. PMAD00050010 08/05 2 Handling the cord on this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. Model: Tecra® S3 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. As with any new technology, you must read and follow all set-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed or provided electronically. If you fail to do so, this product may not function properly and you may lose data or suffer other damage. [. . . ] The formatting progress is displayed in the horizontal bar in the window. When formatting is completed, click Close to exit the utility. 182 Toshiba Utilities Mouse Utility Mouse Utility The Mouse utility allows you to change your Dual Pointing Device or mouse settings. To access the Mouse utility through the TOSHIBA Assist window, click Optimize on the left side of the window, then double-click the Mouse icon. The Mouse Properties screen appears. Sample Mouse Properties screen The mouse settings that you can change are divided into the following categories: Buttons Pointers Pointer options Hardware Dual Pointing Device For information on Dual Pointing Device settings, see "Using the Toshiba Dual Pointing Device" on page 68. Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Mobile Extension 183 TOSHIBA Mobile Extension To adjust the settings for docking or using the Slim SelectBay, use the TOSHIBA Mobile Extension Service Configuration. To use the TOSHIBA Mobile Extension Service Configuration: 1 2 Click Start, then Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. The TOSHIBA Mobile Extension Service Configuration dialog box appears. 3 Under the Mobile Extension Service tab, you can select behaviors to enable or disable, such as Warm Undock Service and Notification Messages, by checking or unchecking the appropriate box. Sample TOSHIBA Mobile Extension Service tab options 4 Under the Display Change Service tab, you can set the default display configuration you wish to use when docking the system to the optional Advanced Port Replicator III. 184 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Zooming Utility Sample Display Change Service tab options For more information about expansion devices, see "Using an expansion device" on page 84. TOSHIBA Zooming Utility This utility allows you to select which applications will work with the zoom in/out hot keys (see "Hot Keys" on page 298). You may select all applications or any subset of the following: Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Office Windows Media Player Adobe Reader Icons on the desktop To access the zooming utility, click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, then click Toshiba Zooming Utility. You can also access the utility through the TOSHIBA Assist window, by clicking Optimize on the left side of the window, then double-clicking the Zooming Utility icon. The TOSHIBA Zooming Utility Properties screen appears. Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 185 Sample TOSHIBA Zooming Utility Properties screen Select the desired option(s), then click OK. The zoom in and zoom out hot keys will now work with the applications you selected. To zoom in, hold down the Fn key and press 2; to zoom out, hold down the Fn key and press 1. 186 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Button Controls TOSHIBA Button Controls The TOSHIBA Button Controls allow you to customize the Toshiba Assist and Toshiba Presentation buttons. You can access the utility through the TOSHIBA Assist window, by clicking Optimize on the left side of the window, then double-clicking the TOSHIBA Button Control icon. The TOSHIBA Controls Properties window appears. Sample TOSHIBA Button Controls screen 1 2 3 Click the selected button. Click Apply, then click OK. Toshiba Utilities CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 187 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer This utility can slow the speed of your optical drive to make it run more quietly. You can use this utility to make listening to Music CDs more enjoyable. NOTE When you change the CD/DVD drive to "Quiet" mode, the setting is only valid for the current Windows session. If you shut down, restart, log off, or resume from hibernation, the setting will revert back to Normal speed. The setting can also be changed by CD burning software or other applications that can set the drive speed. To access the utility, double-click the icon in the task tray. You can also access the utility through the TOSHIBA Assist window, by clicking Optimize on the left side of the window, then double-clicking the CD/DVD Drive icon. The CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen appears. Sample CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen Select the desired setting as follows: 188 1 2 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse® Click Set Quiet Mode to make the drive run more slowly and quietly, for listening to music or audio files on a CD. Click Set Normal Mode to run the drive at normal speed, for transferring data. Fn-esse® Desktop shortcuts and Toshiba's Fn-esse program provide quick ways to open programs, documents, and folders from within any Windows® program without using the Start menu. For more information on creating desktop shortcuts, refer to the operating system documentation that came with your computer. [. . . ] For example, the properties of a file include the file's type, size, and creation date. R RAM (random access memory) -- Volatile memory that can be written to as well as read. By volatile, we mean that information in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. A diskette is one example of a removable disk. 344 Glossary resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. [. . . ]