Windows Key And Application Key; Using The Ultranav Pointing Device - Lenovo ThinkPad T420 User Manual

Windows key and Application key

The following two keys are on your computer keyboard:
1 Windows key
If you press this key, the Start menu of Windows is displayed or hidden.
If you press this key and another key at the same time, the System Properties window or the Computer (in
Windows XP, My Computer) window is displayed. For details, refer to the Help in Windows operating system.
2 Application key
To display the shortcut menu for an object, select the object on the desktop or within an application and
then press this key.

Using the UltraNav pointing device

Your computer may come with the UltraNav pointing device. The UltraNav consists of the TrackPoint and
the touch pad, each of which is itself a pointing device with both basic and extended functions. You can
configure both devices by choosing the settings you prefer as follows:
• Set both the TrackPoint and the touch pad as pointing devices.
This setting enables the use of all the basic and extended functions of the TrackPoint and the touch pad.
• Set the TrackPoint as the main pointing device and the touch pad for extended functions only.
This setting enables the use of all basic and extended functions with the TrackPoint while limiting the use
of the touch pad to scrolling, tap zones, and slow-motion pointer functions.
• Set the touch pad as the main pointing device and the TrackPoint for the extended functions only.
This setting enables the use of all basic and extended functions with the touch pad while limiting the
use of the TrackPoint to scrolling and Magnifying Glass functions.
• Set the TrackPoint as the main pointing device, and disable the touch pad.
• Set the touch pad as the main pointing device, and disable the TrackPoint.
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