Using the Precision Touchpad. Acer Aspire A115-32, Aspire A315-35

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The touchpad controls the arrow (or 'cursor') on the screen. As you slide your finger across the touchpad, the cursor will follow this movement. The Precision Touchpad (PTP) is designed to provide a more uniform, smooth, and accurate touchpad experience. Many applications support precision touchpad gestures that use one or more fingers, however, some gestures may not be supported by the specific application or program you are using.

Touchpad gestures

Single-finger slide

Slide a finger across the touchpad to move the cursor.

Single-finger press

or

tap

Press the touchpad down, or lightly tap the touchpad with your finger, to perform a 'click', which will select or start an item. Quickly repeat the tap to perform a double tap or

'double click'.

Two-finger press

Lightly tap the touchpad with two fingers to perform a

'right click'. In the Start screen, this will toggle the app commands. In most apps this will open a context menu related to the selected item.

Two-finger slide

Swiftly scroll through web pages, documents and playlists by placing two fingers on the touchpad and moving both in any direction.

Two-finger pinch

Zoom in and out of photos, maps and documents with a simple finger-and-thumb gesture.

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Three-finger press

Lightly tap the touchpad with three fingers to open the

Search Windows .

Three-finger swipe

Swipe across the touchpad with three fingers.

• Swipe up to open Task View . Move the cursor over a window and tap the touchpad to select that window, or swipe downwards to exit Task View .

• Swipe down to minimize all open windows and show

Desktop ; swipe upwards to restore the minimized windows.

• Swipe left or right to switch between open windows.

Four-finger press

Lightly tap the touchpad with four fingers to open the

Action Center .

Four-finger swipe

Swipe across the touchpad with four fingers.

• Swipe up to open Task View . Move the cursor over a window and tap the touchpad to select that window, or swipe downwards to exit Task View .

• Swipe down to minimize all open windows and show

Desktop ; swipe upwards to restore the minimized windows.

The precision touchpad includes added technology features that help recognize and prevent unintentional gestures such as accidental taps, gestures, and pointer movement.

Note

The touchpad is sensitive to finger movement; the lighter the touch, the better the response. Please keep the touchpad and your fingers dry and clean.

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Changing touchpad settings

To change the touchpad settings to suit your personal requirements, please do the following.

1. In the icon tray in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, select the Notifications icon to open the Notifications pane.

2. Select All settings .

3. Select Devices > Touchpad

4. Now you can adjust the settings to suit your personal needs. You can switch off the touchpad if you prefer to use a mouse. Or you can adjust the touchpad sensitivity to suit your needs. Scroll down to see more settings.