Acer TravelMate P243 SERIES, Service Manual

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-19
Touchpad Basics
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Figure 1-8. Touchpad
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Move your finger across the Touchpad (1) to move the cursor.
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Press the left (2) and right (3) buttons located beneath the Touchpad to perform
selection and execution functions. These two buttons are the equivalent of the
left and right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the Touchpad is the same as
clicking the left button.
Function Main Touchpad (1) Left Button (2) Right Button (3)
Execute Tap twice (at the same speed as
double-clicking a mouse button). Quickly click
twice.
Select Tap once. Click once.
Drag Tap twice (at the same speed as
double-clicking a mouse button);
rest your finger on the Touchpad
on the second tap and drag the
cursor. Click and hold,
then use finger
on the Touchpad
to drag the
cursor.
Access context
menu Click once.
NOTE:
When using the Touchpad, keep it - and fingers - dry and clean. The Touchpad is
sensitive to finger movement; hence, the lighter the touch, the better the response.
Tapping too hard will not increase the Touchpad’s responsiveness.
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