1<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
2      type="topic" style="question"
3      id="power-suspend">
4
5  <info>
6    <link type="guide" xref="power"/>
7    <link type="seealso" xref="power-suspendfail"/>
8
9    <desc>Suspend sends your computer to sleep so it uses less power.</desc>
10    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-20" status="review"/>
11    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
12
13    <credit type="author">
14      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
15      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
16    </credit>
17    <credit type="author">
18      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
19      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
20    </credit>
21
22    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
23  </info>
24
25<title>What happens when I suspend my computer?</title>
26
27<comment>
28  <cite date="2012-02-20" href="mailto:kittykat3756@gmail.com">Ekaterina
29  Gerasimova</cite>
30  <p>Should be merged into shell-exit.page</p>
31</comment>
32
33<p>When you <em>suspend</em> the computer, you send it to sleep. All of your
34applications and documents remain open, but the screen and other parts of the
35computer switch off to save power. The computer is still switched on though,
36and it will still be using a small amount of power. You can wake it up by
37pressing a key or clicking the mouse. If that does not work, try pressing the
38power button.</p>
39
40<p>Some computers have problems with hardware support which mean that they
41<link xref="power-suspendfail">may not be able to suspend properly</link>. It is
42a good idea to test suspend on your computer to see if it does work before
43relying on it.</p>
44
45<note style="important">
46  <title>Always save your work before suspending</title>
47  <p>You should save all of your work before suspending the computer, just in
48  case something goes wrong and your open applications and documents cannot be
49  recovered when you resume the computer again.</p>
50</note>
51
52</page>
53