Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Using the Trackpoint Pointing Device

UsingtheTrackPointpointingdevice
TheTrackPointpointingdeviceconsistsofapointingstick 1 onthekeyboardandthreeclickbuttonsatthe
bottomofthekeyboard.Tomovethepointer
5 onthescreen,youapplypressuretothenonslipcaponthe
pointingstickinanydirectionparalleltothekeyboard;thepointingstickitselfdoesnotmove.Thespeedat
whichthepointermovesdependsonthepressureyouapplytothepointingstick.Thefunctionsoftheright
2 andleft 4 clickbuttonscorrespondtothoseoftheleftandrightmousebuttonsonaconventionalmouse.
TheTrackPointcenterbutton
3 ,calledthescrollbar,enablesyoutoscrollWebpagesordocumentsinany
directionwithnoneedtousethegraphicscrollbarsonthesideofthewindow.
IfyouarenotfamiliarwiththeTrackPointpointingdevice,readtheinstructionsthatwillhelpyougetstarted.
1.Placeyourhandsinthetypingposition,andpressgentlywitheitherindexngeronthepointingstickin
thedirectioninwhichyouwantthepointertomove.
Tomovethepointer,pressthepointingstickawayfromyoutomoveitup,towardyoutomoveit
down,toonesideortheothertomoveitsideways.
Note:Thepointermightdrift.Thisisnotadefect.StopusingtheTrackPointpointingdeviceforafew
seconds,thepointerwillstopmoving.
2.Toselectanddragasrequiredbyyoursoftware,presstheleftorrightclickbuttonwitheitherthumb
andmovetheTrackPointpointingstick.
CustomizingthesettingsoftheTrackPointpointingdevice
YoucancustomizetheTrackPointpointingdeviceanditsbuttonsasfollows:
•ChangethesensitivityoftheTrackPoint.
•EnabletheTrackPointscrollingfunction.
TocustomizethesettingsoftheTrackPointpointingdevice,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙Hardwareand
Sound➙Mouse➙UltraNav.
Changingthecap
Thecap
1 ontheendoftheTrackPointpointingstickisremovable.Youcanreplaceitasshownin
thedrawing.
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