Microsoft Surface Book is a high-performance laptop with exceptional power and unprecedented versatility as a laptop, a powerful tablet, a detachable touchscreen, and a portable studio. Most laptops are designed with built-in keystrokes for controlling various laptop functions such as volume up or down, brightness adjustment, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Camera, and media controls.
Suppose you are new to the Microsoft Surface devices or Windows ecosystem. In that case, you probably can’t figure out how to control the device’s behavior, including the adjusting screen brightness implemented differently by manufacturers. In this tutorial, we will show you three easy ways to change screen brightness on Surface Book with or without a keyboard base attached.
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1 Adjusting with Surface Book Keyboard
First, the fastest and easiest way to control screen brightness on Microsoft Surface Book devices is using the Surface Book keyboard. It allows you to increase the screen brightness by ten from a single activation. Since the Surface Book keyboard has changed its design since its first release, you might need help locating the brightness control keys. So, we have covered all major Surface Book keyboard layouts here:
Surface Book (1st Gen)
There is no dedicated brightness control media key that can be found on the keyboard. However, there are key combinations that you can use to increase or decrease Surface Book’s screen brightness via the keyboard. They are:
- Increase Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
Fn+Del - Lower Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
Fn+Backspace
Surface Book 2
Microsoft finally included dedicated brightness control keys on the keyboard. You can now control the Surface Book’s screen brightness with a single key next to the Esc key.
- Increase Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
F2 - Lower Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
F1
Surface Book 3
Microsoft has changed its media control keys again on Surface Book 3. To control Surface Book 3’s screen brightness:
- Increase Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
F7 - Lower Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
F6
2 Adjusting with Windows 10 Quick Actions
The easy way, especially when you have no Surface Book keyboard base attached to the device, is using Windows 10 quick actions. To do so:
- Open Action CenterBy using your finger to swipe from the right of the screen or pressing the “Quick Center icon” located on the right edge of the taskbar.
- Adjust the brightness slider. Use your finger or mouse pointer to move the slider’s pointer to the left or right to precisely specify the brightness level range from 0 to 100.
3 Adjusting with Windows 10 Settings app
Finally, you can use the Windows 10’s Settings app to change your Surface Book’s brightness. To do so:
- Open the Setting app.Go to Start Menu and select Settings from the left edge of the start menu.
- Select the “System” section
- Select the “Display” section
- I was adjusting the brightness slider. Use your finger or mouse pointer to move the slider’s pointer to the left or right to precisely specify the brightness level range from 0 to 100.
Conclusion
Those are the top 3 easy and quick ways to adjust or change screen brightness on the Microsoft Surface Book lineup. However, Surface and Windows 10 have many more advanced methods to control screen brightness, color, and behavior for the Surface Book. I hope we can cover those topics in our future posts.
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How do I adjust the brightness of the key board. Inspiron 7000 2 in 1
Hi, this did not work. what now? and if not now, when?
The key board on my surface book 3 will not adjust the brightness. I all ready Uninstaller the ap. When it came back up it was brighter but can’t adjust it
This information helped me to fix a darkness screen on my Surface Book. I am so grateful for providing me with easy to follow instructions.