Touchpad

The build-in touchpad is a pointing device that senses movement on its surface.

This means the cursor responds as you move your finger across the surface of the touchpad.

The touchpad is located in the middle of the palm rest area, providing maximum comfort and efficiency.

Touchpad Basics

Move your finger across the touchpad(2) to move the cursor.

Press the left (1) and right (4) buttons located beneath the touchpad to perform selection and execution functions. These two buttons are similar to the left and right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the touchpad is the same as clicking the left button

Use the 4-way scroll (3) button to scroll up or down and move left or right a page. This button mimics your cursor pressing on the right scroll bar of windows applications.

Function

Left Button(1)

Righ Button(4)

Main touchpad(2)

Center button(3)

 

 

 

 

 

Execute

Quickly click twice

 

Tap twice (at the

 

 

 

 

same speed as

 

 

 

 

double-clicking the

 

 

 

 

mouse button)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select

Click once

 

Tap once

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drag

Click and hold.

 

Tap twice quickly; rest

 

 

Then slide your

 

your finger on the

 

 

finger across the

 

touchpad on the

 

 

touchpad to drag

 

second tap and drag

 

 

the cursor over the

 

the cursor.

 

 

selection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access

 

Click once

 

 

context

 

 

 

 

menu

 

 

 

 

Scroll

 

 

 

CLick and hold to

 

 

 

 

move up/down/left/

 

 

 

 

right

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: When using the touchpad, keep it-and your fingers-dry and clean. The touchpad is sensitive to finger movement; hence, the lighter the touch, the better the response. Tapping harder will not increase the touchpad’s responsiveness.

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Acer 3030, 3040 manual Touchpad Basics