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Change the display time out, brightness and orientation.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO
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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:

• Adjust screen brightness 
• Change screen timeout
• Lock or unlock screen rotation

 

Adjust screen brightness

1. From the Home screen, click the Start icon then click the Settings icon.

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2. Click System.

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3. Click the Display tab, then click and drag the Brightness slider to adjust the brightness settings as desired.

Note: To adjust screen brighness using the keyboard, press the Screen Brightness keys until you obtain the desired screen brightness. To quickly adjust the brightness, click the action center Action center icon in the taskbar then click and drag the Brightness slider to adjust the brightness settings as desired.

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Change screen timeout

1. From the System Settings screen, click the Power & sleep tab then click the drop-down icon next to the desired Screen or Sleep setting.

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2. Click the desired timeout option.

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