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nearest the user, or behind the keyboard at the edge nearest the screen.

NOTE The FN key also enables you to toggle other features specific to a

portable, such as GPS tracking or the keyboard backlight, to save battery life.

The next wave to hit the laptop market was IBM’s TrackPoint device, a

joystick the size of a pencil eraser, situated in the center of the keyboard (see

Figure 23-6). With the TrackPoint, you can move the pointer around without

taking your fingers away from the “home” typing position. You use a

forefinger to push the joystick around, and then click or right-click, using two

buttons below the spacebar. This type of pointing device has since been

licensed for use by other manufacturers, and it continues to appear on laptops

today.

Figure 23-6 IBM TrackPoint

By far the most common laptop pointing device found today is the

touchpad (see Figure 23-7)—a flat, touch-sensitive pad just in front of the

keyboard. To operate a touchpad, you simply glide your finger across its

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