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Using Action Center Action center displays important notifications from Windows and your applications on the taskbar, along with quick actions, which get you to your most-used settings and applications instantly. To view your notifications and quick actions, click the Action Center icon on the taskbar. You can also press Windows logo key+A. • Notifications at a glance-When a notification appears on your desktop or when you view it in Action Center, expand it to read more or take action without having to open the related application. You can also clear the notification by selecting and dragging it off the screen to the right, or by clicking the Close button. • Quick Action icons-Quick Action icons allow you to access All Settings and applications that you use often, such as Bluetooth to VPN. Select the Expand option to see the settings and applications such as location, the quiet hours, brightness, bluetooth, VPN, the battery saver, project, and connect. The following are the Quick Action options in the Action Center: - Tablet Mode-Tablet mode makes Windows easier and more intuitive to use with touch on devices such as 2-in-1s, or when you do not want to use a keyboard and mouse. To turn on tablet mode, click the Action Center icon on the taskbar, and then select Tablet Mode. - Connect-Use this option to connect to your wireless and bluetooth devices. - All Settings-Use this option to configure windows settings. For more information, see Using the Start Menu. - Airplane mode-Use this option to turn off the wireless transmission functions on your device and enable Airplane mode. Connecting to a printer or an external device You can connect USB-interfaced printers or a USB-to-parallel adapter-interfaced printer to your thin client device using a USB port. Follow your printer's USB installation instructions before connecting to a USB port. To connect to the printer, add the printer to the thin client device by using the Add Printer wizard. For more information, see Adding printers. If you want to connect to an external device, add the device to the thin client device. For more information, see Adding devices. Connecting to a monitor Based on the thin client model, you can connect to an external monitor using the following ports: • HDMI port • VGA port • DisplayPort • DVI port • DVI-D port • Type-C port For more information about configuring a dual monitor display, see Configuring dual monitor display. Getting started 9

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Using Action Center
Action center displays important
notifications
from Windows and your applications on the taskbar, along with quick actions, which get you
to your most-used settings and applications instantly.
To view your
notifications
and quick actions, click the
Action Center
icon on the taskbar. You can also press Windows logo key+A.
Notifications
at a glance
—When a
notification
appears on your desktop or when you view it in
Action Center
, expand it to read more
or take action without having to open the related application. You can also clear the
notification
by selecting and dragging it
off
the
screen to the right, or by clicking the
Close
button.
Quick Action icons
—Quick Action icons allow you to access
All Settings
and applications that you use often, such as Bluetooth to
VPN. Select the
Expand
option to see the settings and applications such as location, the quiet hours, brightness, bluetooth, VPN, the
battery saver, project, and connect.
The following are the
Quick Action
options in the Action Center:
Tablet Mode
—Tablet mode makes Windows easier and more intuitive to use with touch on devices such as 2–in–1s, or when you
do not want to use a keyboard and mouse. To turn on tablet mode, click the
Action Center
icon on the taskbar, and then select
Tablet Mode
.
Connect
—Use this option to connect to your wireless and bluetooth devices.
All Settings
—Use this option to
configure
windows settings. For more information, see
Using the Start Menu
.
Airplane mode
—Use this option to turn
off
the wireless transmission functions on your device and enable
Airplane mode
.
Connecting to a printer or an external device
You can connect USB-interfaced printers or a USB-to-parallel adapter-interfaced printer to your thin client device using a USB port. Follow
your printer's USB installation instructions before connecting to a USB port.
To connect to the printer, add the printer to the thin client device by using the
Add Printer
wizard. For more information, see
Adding
printers
.
If you want to connect to an external device, add the device to the thin client device. For more information, see
Adding devices
.
Connecting to a monitor
Based on the thin client model, you can connect to an external monitor using the following ports:
HDMI port
VGA port
DisplayPort
DVI port
DVI-D port
Type-C port
For more information about
configuring
a dual monitor display, see
Configuring
dual monitor display
.
Getting started
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