Acer 6410 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Chapter 1

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 will 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 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 the 
cursor pressing on the right scroll bar of Windows applications.

Note: Keep your fingers, as well as the surface of the touchpad dry and clean. The touchpad is sensitive to 
your finger movement; hence, the lighter the touch, the better the response. Tapping hard will not increase the 
touchpad’s responsiveness.

Note: By default, vertical and horizontal scrolling is enabled on your touch pad. It can be disabled under 
Mouse settings in Windows Control Panel.

Execute

Quickly click twice.

Tap twice (at the same 
speed as double-clicking 
a mouse button).

Select

Click once

Tap once.

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.

Access 
context 
menu

Click once.

Scroll

Click and hold 
to move up/
down/left/
right.