Acer 1450 manual Function Left button Right Center Tap Button Buttons

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22 Getting familiar with your computer

Tapping on the touchpad produces similar results.

•Use the 4-way scroll (2) button (top/bottom/left and 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	Right	Center	Tap
		button	buttons
Execute	Click twice			Tap twice (at the
	quickly			same speed as
				double-clicking a
				mouse button)
Select	Click once			Tap once
Drag	Click and			Tap twice (at the
	hold, then			same speed as
	use finger to			double-clicking a
	drag the			mouse button)
	cursor on the			then hold finger
	touchpad			to the touchpad
				on the second tap
				and drag the
				cursor
Access		Click
context		once
menu
Scroll			Click and
			hold the
			button in
			the desired
			direction
			(up/down/
			left/right)

Note: Keep your fingers dry and clean when using the touchpad. Also keep the touchpad dry and clean. The touchpad is sensitive to finger movements. Hence, the lighter the touch, the better the response. Tapping harder will not increase the touchpad’s responsiveness.