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Chapter 2 — Touchpad
Touchpad
The touchpad is a pressure
sensitive pointing device that
provides all the features of a two-
button mouse. Its primary function
is to move the cursor around the
screen.
The instructions listed below describe how to use the touchpad.
1.
First, place your fingers on the keyboard in the normal typing position. The touchpad is easily
accessible by moving either your left or right thumb off the space bar and on to the touchpad.
2.
Gently move your thumb across the pressure-sensitive touchpad in the direction you want the curs or to
move. The pad detects the change in pressure and moves the cursor in the corresponding direction.
3.
The touchpad offers another method of making selections in a software program. It is called double-
tapping. This function corresponds to double-clicking with a mouse. Once the cursor has been
moved to the object you want to select, lightly double-tap the pressure sensitive touchpad. This
double-tapping on the touchpad will select the desired item and prompt the software to perform the
related operation.
4.
The buttons located directly below the touchpad are the same in function as thos e on a two-buttoned
mouse. Clicking these buttons makes selections, drags objects, or performs a variety of other functions
depending on the software. To select an object, first move the pointer over the object you want to s elect,
and then press the left button one time. The functions of these buttons are software specific.
5.
Double-clicking is a common technique for selecting objects or launching programs from icons.
Once you have moved the pointer over the object you wish to select, rapidly press the left button two
times. This action is commonly referred to as "double-clicking" an object.
Touchpad
buttons
Scrolling
button
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