Touchpad; Using The Touchpad; Figure 2-6. The Touchpad - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 80XL201 User Manual

NOTE: If you swap the left and
right buttons, "tapping" on the
touch- pad as an alternative
method of pressing the left
button will no longer be valid.
My Presario – Getting Started
Instant Internet provides your daily start point to the Internet.
It connects you to a Web page filled with local weather, news,
sports and financial information.
My Presario is your instant connection to Compaq for getting
the most out of your computer and the Internet. Learn about
the top Internet Zones or adventure into your favorite Activity
Centers to get creative using the Web.
Retail Central provides an instant connection to your
computer store and a variety of leading consumer companies.
E-mail provides one-touch access for sending and reading
your e-mail.
Your notebook integrates a touchpad pointing device, compatible with
the Microsoft Mouse and IBM PS/2 mouse, which allows you to take
advantage of software that requires or recognizes a pointing device.

Using the Touchpad

Placing and Moving the Finger
To use the touchpad, place your thumb or forefinger on the touchpad.
The rectangular pad acts like a miniature duplicate of your display. As
you slide your fingertip across the pad, the pointer, or cursor, on the
screen moves in the same direction across the screen as your
fingertip moves across the pad.
Point and Click
When you have placed the cursor over the icon, menu item or
command that you wish to execute, you can press the left button
once or twice to execute the command. This procedure is called
"Point and click" or "point and double-click". On the touchpad, you
can execute point and clicking even more rapidly. Instead of clicking
by pressing the left button, you can just tap gently anywhere on the
rectangular pad of the touchpad. Tap twice rapidly to execute a

Touchpad

Figure 2-6. The Touchpad

Using the Notebook 2-7