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Screen navigation, Using the TouchPad and touch screen gestures, Turning the TouchPad off and on, Tap

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4 Screen navigation You can navigate the computer screen in the following ways: ● Use touch gestures directly on the computer screen (select products only) ● Use touch gestures on the TouchPad ● Use keyboard and optional mouse (mouse purchased separately) ● Use the pointing stick (select products only) Using the TouchPad and touch screen gestures The TouchPad helps you navigate the computer screen and control the pointer using simple touch gestures. You can also use the left and right TouchPad buttons as you would use the corresponding buttons on an external mouse. To navigate a touch screen (select products only), touch the screen directly using gestures described in this chapter. You can also customize gestures and view demonstrations of how they work. Type control panel in the taskbar search box, select Control Panel, and then select Hardware and Sound. Under Devices and Printers, select Mouse. NOTE: Unless noted, gestures can be used on the TouchPad or a touch screen (select products only). NOTE: Your TouchPad is equipped with a capacitive image sensor. This sensor supports the force-enabled gesture continuation feature for navigating, scrolling, and pinching/zooming. This feature enables these TouchPad gestures to repeatedly continue as long as finger force is being applied to the TouchPad during the gesturing technique. Additionally, the TouchPad detects the force of the finger pressure being applied while using these gestures. Press your fingers down on the TouchPad with force while gesturing to accelerate the gesture motion. The classic TouchPad gestures described in the section below are also supported. Turning the TouchPad off and on To turn the TouchPad off and on, press fn+f2. Tap Use the tap/double-tap gesture to select or open an item on the screen. ● Point to an item on the screen, and then tap one finger on the TouchPad zone or touch screen to select the item. Double-tap an item to open it. 24 Chapter 4 Screen navigation

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Screen navigation
You can navigate the computer screen in the following ways:
Use touch gestures directly on the computer screen (select products only)
Use touch gestures on the TouchPad
Use keyboard and optional mouse (mouse purchased separately)
Use the pointing stick (select products only)
Using the TouchPad and touch screen gestures
The TouchPad helps you navigate the computer screen and control the pointer using simple touch gestures.
You can also use the left and right TouchPad buttons as you would use the corresponding buttons on an
external mouse. To navigate a touch screen (select products only), touch the screen directly using gestures
described in this chapter.
You can also customize gestures and view demonstrations of how they work. Type
control panel
in the
taskbar search box, select
Control Panel
, and then select
Hardware and Sound
. Under
Devices and Printers
,
select
Mouse
.
NOTE:
Unless noted, gestures can be used on the TouchPad or a touch screen (select products only).
NOTE:
Your TouchPad is equipped with a capacitive image sensor. This sensor supports the force-enabled
gesture continuation feature for navigating, scrolling, and pinching/zooming. This feature enables these
TouchPad gestures to repeatedly continue as long as
finger
force is being applied to the TouchPad during the
gesturing technique. Additionally, the TouchPad detects the force of the
finger
pressure being applied while
using these gestures. Press your
fingers
down on the TouchPad with force while gesturing to accelerate the
gesture motion. The classic TouchPad gestures described in the section below are also supported.
Turning the TouchPad
off
and on
To turn the TouchPad
off
and on, press
fn
+
f2
.
Tap
Use the tap/double-tap gesture to select or open an item on the screen.
Point to an item on the screen, and then tap one
finger
on the TouchPad zone or touch screen to select
the item. Double-tap an item to open it.
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Chapter 4
Screen navigation