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Using Your Computer Operating the Computer To use the touch pad The touch pad, a touch-sensitive pointing device that controls the motion and speed of the pointer on the screen, is built into your computer. 1 Pad Lock (touch pad on/off button) 2 Touch pad (pointing device) 3 Scroll up/down toggle 4 Click buttons • 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. 32 Reference Guide

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Using Your Computer
Operating the Computer
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Reference Guide
To use the touch pad
The touch pad, a touch-sensitive pointing device that controls the motion and speed of the
pointer on the screen, is built into your computer.
1
Pad Lock (touch pad on/off button)
2
Touch pad (pointing device)
3
Scroll up/down toggle
4
Click buttons
•
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.