Acer TravelMate 5600: Touchpad

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Touchpad

The built-in touchpad is a pointing device that senses movement on its surface.

This means the cursor responds as you move your finger across the surface of

the touchpad. The central location on the palmrest provides optimum comfort

and support.

Touchpad basics

The following items show you how to use the touchpad:

• Move your finger across the touchpad (2) to move the cursor.

• Press the left (1) and right (4) buttons located beneath the touchpad to

perform selection and execution functions. These two buttons are similar

to the left and right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the touchpad is the

same as clicking the left button.

• Use the 4-way scroll (3) button to scroll up or down and move left or right

a page. This button mimics your cursor pressing on the right scroll bar of

Windows applications.

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Right

Center

Function Left button (1)

Main touchpad (2)

button (3)

button (4)

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Execute Quickly click

Tap twice (at the same

twice.

speed as double-clicking

a mouse button).

Select Click once. Tap once.

Drag Click and hold,

Tap twice (at the same

then use

speed as double-clicking

finger on the

a mouse button); rest

touchpad to

your finger on the

drag the

touchpad on the second

cursor.

tap and drag the cursor.

Access

Click

context

once.

menu

Scroll Click and

hold to

move up/

down/left/

right.

Note: When using the touchpad, keep it — and your fingers — dry

and clean. The touchpad is sensitive to finger movement; hence,

the lighter the touch, the better the response. Tapping harder will

not increase the touchpad's responsiveness.

Note: By default, vertical and horizontal scrolling is enabled on

your touchpad. It can be disabled under Mouse settings in

Windows Control Panel.