Acer 6410, 6460 Touchpad Basics, Function, Left button, Right button, Main touchpad, Center

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

The following items will show you how to use the touchpad.

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

•Press the left (1) and right (4) buttons 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 the cursor pressing on the right scroll bar of Windows applications.

Function	Left button (1)	Right button	Main touchpad (2)	Center
		(4)		button (3)
Execute	Quickly click twice.		Tap twice (at the same
			speed as double-clicking
			a mouse button).
Select	Click once		Tap once.
Drag	Click and hold, then use		Tap twice (at the same
	finger on the touchpad to		speed as double-clicking
	drag the cursor.		a mouse button); rest
			your finger on the
			touchpad on the second
			tap and drag the cursor.
Access		Click once.
context
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 movement; hence, 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 touch pad. It can be disabled under Mouse settings in Windows Control Panel.

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