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Change the display time out, brightness and orientation.
INSTRUCTIONS & INFO
View Optimize Battery Life tutorial for battery-saving tips. View Accessibility tutorial to learn more about accessibility-related features.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
2. Select System.
3. Select the Display tab, then select and drag the Brightness slider to adjust the brightness settings as desired.
Note: Select the Change brightness automatically when lighting changes checkbox to automatically adjust brightness. To adjust screen brighness using the keyboard, press the Screen Brightness keys until you obtain the desired screen brightness. To quickly adjust the brightness, select the
Battery icon in the taskbar then select and drag the Brightness slider to adjust the brightness settings as desired.
• Adjust screen brightness
• Change screen timeout
• Lock or unlock screen rotation
Adjust screen brightness
1. From the Home screen, select the Start icon then select the Settings icon.
2. Select System.
3. Select the Display tab, then select and drag the Brightness slider to adjust the brightness settings as desired.
Note: Select the Change brightness automatically when lighting changes checkbox to automatically adjust brightness. To adjust screen brighness using the keyboard, press the Screen Brightness keys until you obtain the desired screen brightness. To quickly adjust the brightness, select the
Battery icon in the taskbar then select and drag the Brightness slider to adjust the brightness settings as desired.
Change screen timeout
1. From the System Settings screen, select the Power & sleep tab then select the drop-down icon next to the desired Screen or Sleep setting.
2. Select the desired timeout option.
2. Select the desired timeout option.
Lock or unlock screen rotation
From the System Settings screen, select the Display tab then scroll to and select the Rotation lock switch.
Note: The Rotation lock switch will only become available when the keyboard has been removed from the Microsoft Surface Go2.
Note: The Rotation lock switch will only become available when the keyboard has been removed from the Microsoft Surface Go2.