Acer 4000 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 across the surface of the touchpad. The central location on the palmrest provides optimum comfort and support.

Touchpad Basics

Use the touchpad as follows:

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

Press the left (1) and right (4) 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 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)	Right button (4)	Main touchpad (2)	Center button (3)
Execute	Quickly click twice.		Tap twice (at the
			same speed as
			double-clicking a
			mouse button).
Select	Click once		Tap once

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