Acer 270 manual Touchpad Basics

Touchpad

The built-in touchpad is a pointing device that senses movement on its surface. This means the cursor responds as you move your finger on the surface of the touchpad. The central location on the palmrest provides optimal comfort and support.

NOTE: If you are using an external USB mouse, you can press Fn-F7to disable the touchpad.

Touchpad Basics

The following teaches you how to use the touchpad:

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) button (top/bottom/left/and right) to scroll.

Function	Left Button	Right Button	Scroll Button	Tap
Execute	Click twice			Tap twice (at the same
	quickly			speed as double-clicking
				the mouse button)
Select	Click once			Tap once
Drag	Click and hold,			Tap twice (at the same
	then use finger			speed as double-clicking
	to drag the			a mouse button) then hold
	cursor on the			finger to the touchpad on
	touchpad			the second tap to drag the
				cursor
Access context		Click once
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