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Figure 3-3 Numeric Keypad
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Touch Pad
The touch pad is a pressure-sensitive pointing device that provides all the features of a
two-button mouse. Its primary function is to move the cursor around the screen.
Figure 3-4 Touch Pad
To use the touch pad:
1. Place your fingers on the keyboard in the normal typing position. The touch pad is
easily accessible by moving either your left or right thumb off the space bar and on to
the touch pad.
2. Gently move your thumb across the pressure-sensitive touch pad in the direction you
want the cursor to move. The pad detects the change in pressure and moves the
cursor in the corresponding direction.
3. The touch pad offers another method of making selections in a software program. It is
called double-tapping. This function corresponds to double-clicking with a mouse.
Once the cursor has been moved to the object you want to select, lightly double-tap the
pressure-sensitive touch pad. This double-tapping on the touch pad will select the
desired item and prompt the software to perform the related operation.
4. The buttons located directly below the touch pad are the same in function as those on
a two-buttoned mouse. Clicking these buttons makes selections, drags objects, or
performs a variety of other functions depending on the software. To select an object,