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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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surface to move the pointer, and tap the surface once or twice to single- or

double-click. You can also click by using buttons just below the pad. Most

people get the hang of this technique after just a few minutes of practice. The

main advantage of the touchpad over previous laptop pointing devices is that

it uses no moving parts—a fact that can really extend the life of a hardworking

laptop.

Figure 23-7 Touchpad on a laptop

EXAM TIP Use the Settings | Devices | Mouse dialog or the Mouse applet

in Control Panel for touchpad configuration. You can change sensitivity and

much more in either tool.

Some manufacturers today include a multitouch touchpad that enables you

to perform gestures, or actions with multiple fingers, such as scrolling up and

down or swiping to another screen or desktop. The Multi-Touch trackpad on

Apple’s laptops pioneered such great improvements to the laptop-pointingdevice

experience that the lack of a mouse is no longer a handicap on many

laptops.

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