Touchpad Basics - Acer Aspire 1600 User Manual

Touchpad basics

Use the touchpad as follows:
Move your finger across the touchpad to move the cursor.
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Press the left (1) and right (3) buttons located on the edge of the touchpad to do
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selection and execution functions. These two buttons are similar to the left and
right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the touchpad produces similar results.
Use the 4-way scroll (2) key (top/bottom/left/right) to scroll a page up, down, left or
right. This button mimics your cursor pressing on the vertical and horizontal scroll
bars of Windows applications.
Function Left button
Execute Click twice
quickly
Select Click once
Drag Click and hold,
then use finger
to drag the
cursor on the
touchpad
Right 4-way scroll
button key
21
Tap
Tap twice (at the same
speed as double-
clicking a mouse
button)
Tap once
Tap twice (at the same
speed as double-
clicking a mouse
button) then hold
finger to the touchpad
on the second tap and
drag the cursor