Acer 1600 series manual Touchpad basics

Touchpad basics

Use the touchpad as follows:

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•Move your finger across the touchpad to move the cursor.

•Press the left (1) and right (3) buttons located on the edge of the touchpad to do

selection and execution functions. These two buttons are similar to the left and right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the touchpad produces similar results.

Use the 4-way scroll (2) key (top/bottom/left/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	Right	4-way scroll
	Left button	Tap
	button	key
Execute	Click twice	Tap twice (at the same
	quickly	speed as double-
		clicking a mouse
		button)
Select	Click once	Tap once
Drag	Click and hold,	Tap twice (at the same
	then use finger	speed as double-
	to drag the	clicking a mouse
	cursor on the	button) then hold
	touchpad	finger to the touchpad
		on the second tap and
		drag the cursor