Acer 7740G Laptop User Manual


 
10 Chapter 1
NOTE: Illustrations are for reference only. The exact configuration of your PC depends on the model
purchased.
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.
Using the Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded numeric keypad, separate cursor, lock, Windows, function
and special keys.
Lock Keys and numeric keypad
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
The keyboard has a numeric keypad with cursor-control keys.
Function Left button (2) Right button (3) Main touchpad (1) Function
Execute Quickly click
twice.
Tap twice (at the same speed
as double-clicking a mouse
button).
Execute
Select Click once. Tap once. Select
Drag Click and
hold, then
use finger on
the touchpad
to drag the
cursor.
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.
Drag
Access
context
menu
Click once. Access context menu
Lock key Description
Caps Lock When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are
in uppercase.
Num Lock When Num Lock is on, the numeric keypad is in numeric mode. The keys
function as a calculator (complete with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /).
Use this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. A better solution
would be to connect an external keypad.
Scroll Lock <Fn> +
<F12>
When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or down when you press
the up or down arrow keys respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some
applications.
Desired access Num Lock on Num Lock off
Number keys on
embedded keypad
Type numbers in a normal manner.
Cursor-control keys on
embedded keypad
Hold <Shift> while using cursor-
control keys.
Hold <Fn> while using cursor-
control keys.
Main keyboard keys Hold <Fn> while typing letters on
embedded keypad.
Type the letters in a normal
manner.