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U s i n g t h e L i f e B o o k A p p l i c a t i o n P a n e l

Figure 2-16. LifeBook Application Panel Buttons

Using the LifeBook
Application Panel

A unique feature of your LifeBook notebook is the Appli-
cation Panel that allows you to launch applications with
the touch of a button when your system is on.

LAUNCHING APPLICATIONS
WITH THE APPLICATION PANEL

Pressing any of the Application Panel buttons will launch
a user-defined application. Your notebook is pre-installed
with software utilities that let you operate and configure
your LifeBook Application Panel.

Configuring your LifeBook Application Panel

When you start Windows, the LifeBook Application
Panel is automatically activated. An icon resembling a
finger pressing a button will appear in the system
Control Panel. When you see this icon you know that the
LifeBook Application Panel is active.

As an application launcher, the LifeBook Application
Panel is very flexible, giving you a variety of options. To
set up the Application Panel to best suit your needs, the
Application Panel Setup utility quickly and easily helps
you make the most of this valuable feature.

To configure your LifeBook Application Panel with
Application Panel Setup:

1. Click on [Start].

2. Click on Control Panel.

3. Double-click on the Application Panel

icon.

The Application Panel setup utility will appear. There
are tabs that correspond to the application buttons on
the LifeBook Application Panel. When you receive your

notebook, these buttons are pre-configured to launch
specific programs.

To change an application associated with the Applica-
tion buttons, click on the tab for the button you would
like to reconfigure – for example, Application A. Click
on [Browse] or [Go to Start Menu...], scroll down the
list of applications, click on the application you wish to
launch with this button, and then click OK. The button
will now launch the new application.

The Internet tab is different. It comes set to launch your
Windows default Internet browser (Internet Explorer),
unless you have changed this in Windows. In order to
reconfigure it to launch another program follow these
easy steps:

1. Select “Start Other Program” from the “Specify the

button action:” box.

2. Click on [Browse] or [Go to Start Menu...].

3. Scroll down the list of applications, and then click

on the application you wish to launch with this
button.

4. Click [OK].

The button will now launch the new application. If you
want to return to launching your Windows default
Internet browser with this button, you need only click
on “Default Internet Browser” from the Internet
browser box. Be aware that you will erase the settings for
the “other application”. If you wish to go back to
launching the “other application” from this button, you
will need to reconfigure it as described above

Power/Suspend/Resume Button

Application Button A

Application Button B

Application Button C

Application Button D

The tabs in Application Panel Setup may
not be in the same order as the buttons on
your LifeBook notebook, please select the
tab you wish to change carefully.

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