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Using the Touchpad
The following table and diagrams provide some tips that you should
know when using the touchpad:
Positioning and Moving
Place your finger on the touchpad (usually using the forefinger), and
the rectangular pad will act as a miniature duplicate of your display.
When you move your fingertip across the pad, the cursor on the
screen will move simultaneously in the same direction. When your
finger reaches the edge of the pad, lift your finger and replace it on a
proper location of the touchpad.
Point and Click
When you have moved and placed the cursor over an icon, a menu
item or a command that you want to execute, simply tap slightly on
the touchpad or press the left button to select. This procedure,
called as point and click is the basics of operating your Notebook PC.
Unlike the traditional pointing device such as the mouse, the whole
touchpad can act as a left button, so that your each tap on the
touchpad is equivalent to pressing the left button. Tapping twice
more rapidly on the touchpad is to execute a double-click.
Drag and Drop
You can move files or objects in your computer by using
rag-and-drop. To do so, place the cursor on the desired item and
slightly tap twice on the touchpad, and then keep your fingertip in
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