Using Your Notebook; Open It; Turn It On; Touchpad - Acer TravelMate 4002LCi Training Manual

Notebook Training Manual for Acer TravelMate 4002LCi

Using your notebook

Open it

Find the slider button at the centre front of the lid, gently slide it to the right, then lift the lid
(screen) until it is open.

Turn it on

The power button is above the top
right hand side of the keyboard.
Gently press and hold the button for
a second or two until the notebook
starts.
The power button is usually used only as an On switch – your notebook
automatically turns itself off as part of the shutdown procedure.
If your notebook stops responding to keyboard or mouse input, you may be forced
to turn it off. To do this, hold the power button down for at least 5 seconds to turn
it off.

Touchpad

Before you do anything, you need to know about your
notebook's 'touchpad' area.
The touchpad is your 'mouse'. Moving your finger
around it will move the pointer (or cursor) on the
screen. When using the touchpad to move the pointer
around the screen, try to keep your finger on the
touchpad. Lifting your finger will stop the pointer
moving.
The buttons below the touchpad are your left and right mouse buttons. As you get more
experienced, you can operate these buttons with your thumb as you use your finger to
move the pointer around the screen. The right mouse button has the usual function of
opening a menu relevant to the place where the pointer is pointing.
You can 'tap' the touchpad instead of clicking the mouse buttons:
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A single tap = a single left mouse click
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A double tap = a double left mouse click
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A double tap + drag = a normal drag holding the left mouse button down. This may
take some practice. Double tap but hold your finger down on the second tap and
move it across the screen for the 'drag'.
This notebook model also has a scrolling 'button' which scrolls when you press down on
either end, similar to the scrolling wheel on a mouse. The lower button scrolls down; the
upper button scrolls up.
You can change the speed of the cursor movement and the size of the cursor ( see
Appendix A on page 28 for details). To practice using the touchpad, play some games of
Solitaire – now you've got an excuse to do this!
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