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Notebook Training Manual for Acer TravelMate 530
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 left 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:
A single tap = a single left mouse click
A double tap = a double left mouse click
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 29 for details). To practice using the touchpad, play some games of Solitaire – now
you've got an excuse to do this!
Version 1.0
Department of Education and Training
2003
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