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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 (with fingerprint reader)

The following items show you how to use the touchpad with Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint reader.

Move your finger across the touchpad (1) to move the cursor.

Press the left (2) 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.1 2

3

4

Use Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint reader (3) supporting Acer FingerNav 4-way control function (only for certain models) to scroll up or down and move left or right a page. This fingerprint reader or button mimics your cursor pressing on the right scroll bar of Windows applications.

Function

Left

Right

Main touchpad (1)

Center button (3)

 

button (2)

button (4)

 

 

Execute

Quickly click

 

Tap twice (at the

 

twice.

 

same speed as

 

 

 

double-clicking a

 

 

 

mouse button).

 

 

 

 

Select

Click once.

 

Tap once.

 

 

 

 

Drag

Click and

 

Tap twice (at the

 

hold, then

 

same speed as

 

use finger

 

double-clicking a

 

on the

 

mouse button); rest

 

touchpad to

 

your finger on the

 

drag the

 

touchpad on the

 

cursor.

 

second tap and drag

 

 

 

the cursor.

 

 

 

 

 

Access

 

Click once.

 

 

context

 

 

 

 

menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scroll

 

 

 

Swipe up/down/left/

 

 

 

 

right using Acer

 

 

 

 

FingerNav 4-way

 

 

 

 

control function

 

 

 

 

(Manufacturing

 

 

 

 

option).

 

 

 

 

 

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Acer 8471G manual Touchpad basics with fingerprint reader, Function Left Right Main touchpad Center button Button