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Note Using Your Computer Operating the Computer • Move a thumb or finger across the touch pad in the direction you want the pointer to move. • Use the click buttons, which function like the left and right buttons on a mouse, to make your selection. You can also tap on the touch pad instead of clicking a button. • To open an application, move the pointer over the icon, then press the left click button twice rapidly (double-click). You can instead tap twice on the touch pad. • To make a menu selection, move the pointer to the item and click the left click button once. • To open the shortcut menu for an item, move the pointer over the item and click the right click button. • To drag an item, move the pointer over the item. Press and hold the left click button while you move the pointer to the new location. Release the button. • To scroll up and down, press the top or bottom of the center toggle below the touch pad. • To disable the touch pad, press the Pad Lock button. (The amber touch pad indicator lights.) To reenable it, press the Pad Lock button again. You may wish to disable the touch pad, for example, when you are entering text and do not want to move the cursor accidentally. To customize the operation of the touch pad (and an external PS/2 or serial mouse, if installed), double-click the Synaptics Touch Pad icon to access Mouse Properties; you will find the icon in the taskbar, toward the lower right corner of your screen. Select the tab corresponding to the characteristics you want to configure, including: • button configuration for right-handed or left-handed operation (Button tab for mouse, Button Actions tab for touch pad) • double-click speed, pointer speed, and pointer trail • click sensitivity The touch pad is inactive when an external mouse is installed. 32 Reference Guide

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Using Your Computer
Operating the Computer
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Reference Guide
•
Move a thumb or finger across the touch pad in the direction you want the pointer to
move.
•
Use the click buttons, which function like the left and right buttons on a mouse, to
make your selection. You can also tap on the touch pad instead of clicking a button.
•
To open an application, move the pointer over the icon, then press the left click button
twice rapidly (double-click). You can instead tap twice on the touch pad.
•
To make a menu selection, move the pointer to the item and click the left click button
once.
•
To open the shortcut menu for an item, move the pointer over the item and click the
right click button.
•
To drag an item, move the pointer over the item. Press and hold the left click button
while you move the pointer to the new location. Release the button.
•
To scroll up and down, press the top or bottom of the center toggle below the touch
pad.
•
To disable the touch pad, press the Pad Lock button. (The amber touch pad indicator
lights.) To reenable it, press the Pad Lock button again. You may wish to disable the
touch pad, for example, when you are entering text and do not want to move the
cursor accidentally.
To customize the operation of the touch pad (and an external PS/2 or serial mouse, if
installed), double-click the Synaptics Touch Pad icon to access Mouse Properties; you
will find the icon in the taskbar, toward the lower right corner of your screen. Select the
tab corresponding to the characteristics you want to configure, including:
•
button configuration for right-handed or left-handed operation (Button tab for mouse,
Button Actions tab for touch pad)
•
double-click speed, pointer speed, and pointer trail
•
click sensitivity
Note
The touch pad is inactive when an external mouse is installed.