Acer 5610, 5620, 5110 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 perform selection and execution functions. These two buttons are similar to the left and right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the touchpad (2) is the same as clicking the left button.

•Use the four-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		Tap twice (at the
	twice.		same speed as
			double-clicking a
			mouse button).
Select	Click once		Tap once
Drag	Click and hold.		Tap twice (at the
	Then slide your		same speed as
	finger across the		double-clicking a
	touchpad to		mouse button); rest
	drag the cursor		your finger on the
	over the		touchpad on the
	selection.		second tap and
			drag the cursor.
Access context		Click once
menu
Scroll				Click and hold to
				move up/down/
				left/right.

Note: Keep your fingers, as well as the surface of the touchpad dry and clean. The touchpad is sensitive to

your finger movements: the lighter the touch, the better the response. Tapping hard will not increase the touchpad’s responsiveness.

Note: By default, vertical and horizontal scrolling is enabled on your touchpad. It can be disabled under Mouse settings in Windows Control Panel.

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