Acer TravelMate -550, Service Manual

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Touchpad
The built-in touchpad is a PS/2-compatible pointing device that senses movement on its surface. This means
the cursor responds as you move your finger on the surface of the touchpad. The central location on the palm
rest provides you optimum comfort and support.
NOTE: If you are using an external PS/2 mouse, the touchpad is automatically disabled. You can enable or
disable this function in BIOS.
Touchpad Basics
The following teaches you how to use the touchpad:
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Move your finger across the touchpad to move the cursor.
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Press the left (1) and right (2) buttons located on the edge of the touchpad to do selection and
execution functions. These two buttons are similar to the left and right buttons on a mouse.
Tapping on the touchpad produces similar results.
Function Left Button Righ Button Tap
Execute Click twice
quickly Tap twice (at the same
speed as double-clicking
the mouse button)
Select Click once Tap once
Drag Click and hold,
then use finger
to drag the
cursor on the
touchpad Tap twice (at the same
speed as double-clicking
a mouse button) then hold
finger to the touchpad on
the second tap to drag the
cursor
Access context
menu Click once
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