HP e500s manual Navigating with the TouchPad TouchPad Procedures, Setting TouchPad Preferences

Navigating with the TouchPad

	TouchPad Procedures
Task		Procedure
Move the cursor		Move your finger directionally across the
		TouchPad surface.

Increase or decrease cursor speed

Right-, left-, or center-click or double-click

Highlight an item*

Increase or decrease finger speed across the TouchPad surface.

or

Adjust cursor speed using TouchPad Preferences. See Setting TouchPad Preferences for more information.

Press the right or left TouchPad button as you would the corresponding button on an external mouse.

Press down on the TouchPad as you move the cursor over the item.

Select text or an object*	Position the cursor over the highlighted
	text or object, then quickly tap the
	TouchPad once.

Activate a selection*

Select, then drag and drop an item*

Position the cursor over the selection, then quickly tap the TouchPad twice.

NOTE: To select and activate a preference, first tap the preference once to select it, then tap the preference twice to activate it.

Press down on the TouchPad as you move the cursor over the item, then drag the item to the new location. To drop the item, release the pressure.

*To perform this task exactly as you would with an external mouse, use the left pointing-device button like the left button of an external mouse.

Setting TouchPad Preferences

To access all TouchPad features and settings, including mouse trails, cursor speed, double-click space, and Windows 98 single- click mode, select Start⊕Settings⊕Control Panel⊕Mouse. Or, place the cursor over the TouchPad icon in the system tray and press the left TouchPad button.

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