ThinkPad X140e - Windows Key; Using the Thinkpad Pointing Device

Windowskey
OntheWindows7operatingsystem,presstheWindowskeytoopentheStartmenu.OntheWindows8
operatingsystem,presstheWindowskeytoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspaceandtheStartscreen.
YoualsocanusetheWindowskeytogetherwithanotherkeytoachieveotherfunctions.Formore
information,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheWindowsoperatingsystem.
UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice
YourcomputercomeswiththeThinkPadpointingdevice.TheThinkPadpointingdeviceconsistsofthe
TrackPointpointingdeviceandthetouchpad,eachofwhichisitselfapointingdevicewithbothbasicand
extendedfunctions.Youcancongurebothdevicesbychoosingthesettingsyoupreferasfollows:
•SetboththeTrackPointpointingdeviceandthetouchpadaspointingdevices.
ThissettingenablestheuseofallthebasicandextendedfunctionsoftheTrackPointpointingdevice
andthetouchpad.
•SettheTrackPointpointingdeviceasthemainpointingdeviceandthetouchpadforextended
functionsonly.
ThissettingenablestheuseofallbasicandextendedfunctionswiththeTrackPointpointingdevicewhile
limitingtheuseofthetouchpadtoscrolling,tapzones,andslow-motionpointerfunctions.
•SettheTrackPointpointingdeviceasthemainpointingdevice,anddisablethetouchpad.
•Setthetouchpadasthemainpointingdevice,anddisabletheTrackPointpointingdevice.
UsingtheTrackPointpointingdevice
TheTrackPointpointingdeviceconsistsofapointingstick1onthekeyboardandthreeclickbuttonsatthe
bottomofthekeyboard.Tomovethepointer
5onthescreen,youapplypressuretothenonslipcaponthe
pointingstickinanydirectionparalleltothekeyboard;thepointingstickitselfdoesnotmove.Thespeedat
whichthepointermovesdependsonthepressureyouapplytothepointingstick.Thefunctionsoftheleft4
andright2clickbuttonscorrespondtothoseoftheleftandrightmousebuttonsonaconventionalmouse.
TheTrackPointcenterbutton3,calledthescrollbar,enablesyoutoscrollWebpagesordocumentsinany
directionwithnoneedtousethegraphicscrollbarsonthesideofthewindow.
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