Using the EZ Pad touchpad

You can use the EZ-Pad left and right buttons below the touchpad to select objects. You can assign a function to the rocker switch between the touchpad buttons. This function can be to scroll up or down, maximize or minimize the active window, or open and close the Start menu.

Tips & Tricks For instructions on how to adjust the double-click speed, pointer speed, right-hand or left-hand configuration, and other touchpad settings, see “Changing the mouse or touchpad settings” in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive. To access this guide, tap or click Start, All Programs, then tap or click Gateway Documentation.

To...

Do this...

Move the pointer on

Move your finger

the screen.

around on the

 

touchpad. If you run

 

out of space and

 

need to move the

 

pointer farther, lift

 

your finger, move it to

 

the middle of the

 

touchpad, then

 

continue moving your

 

finger.

Select an object on

Position the pointer

the screen.

over the object.

 

Quickly press and

 

release the left

 

button once. This

 

action is called

 

clicking.

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