Does anyone know if you can turn the touchpad on and off?
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I'm not sure. If so it'd be in the touchpad settings where you could do so I think
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Gosh I really like the touchpad but I guess it is whatever you are used to. I think it is more efficient in the movement and being able to tap it to click and scroll on the right side. i usually use it with my thumb since it is down there and leave my fingers by the keys. I like the screen dark if i'm in a dark room but bright if I am in a bright room so I adjust it when I need to. It would be nice if they had an auto light sensing feature that would adjust it according to ambient light.
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The touchpad handles right clicks by tap in the lower right hand corner. There is no physical button and there is no click noise. It works well. By the way, I've been using Chromebooks recently, and I thought they had a two finger tap for a right click, but maybe not. That's another story.
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You don't have to turn it off but you can to save battery life. To turn it off turn it over, there is an on/off switch on the bottom of the mouse,
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Don't know...there is an app for it but I had not used it. I returned my Kingpad last week....one morning it just would not turn on.
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switch from the mouse to the touchpad in control panel before you pull the mouse out.
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The touchpad works as a clickpad. To left click you can either tap the touchpad, or you can press down and click the entire touch surface to perform a left click.I havn't had a chance to actually confirm this (I'll do so tomorrow when I have a chance) but the intuitive thing that I'm very sure I've done in the past in order to right click is to either tap or click in the in the lower right corner of the touchpad. The touchpad is very responsive and responds very well to either clicks or gestures. It's on par with the best laptop touchpads I've used.
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I am not a huge fan of the touch pad. It is very unresponsive at times. Really bugs me. Other than that, it is an excellent laptop.
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Yes. Currently having trouble with touch pad though. Not loving this laptop much anymore. Buyer beware.
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Yes. Plug it into any of the three USB ports. I use the one on the left, next to the power jack since I am right handed. That leaves the other two free and keeps the USB plug out of my way. Works much better than the touchpad, which I am still getting use to. It has taken me months to get used to the touchpad of every new laptop (HP, Gateway, and now Toshiba) I get.
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Yes and a very easily accessible button to turn it off as well. It works great and is another awesome feature of this laptop.
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Yes, you can. There is a toggle button to turn the touch on or off while you use the pen
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I use the trackpad in bed (I have a bad back and use a computer table as well). I have the touch gestures enabled so that i can tap instead of click. If you have the trackpad set up this way, you can use it on a soft surface.
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Unfortunately I'm pretty sure you can't. Also sometimes when I turn my computer off, the mouse LED stays on.
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On the Acer, the command to disable the touch pad is Function key(FN) in blue color and the F7 key. On the Lenovo it is a special function you turn off in Control Panel. Windows 8.1 also has a couple of add-on software apps that perform this function. Hope this helps you. On laptops the touch pad is a pain for those of us who have big thumbs.
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You can use a separate mouse one way or another. Doesn't matter if the Trackpad is disabled or not. However, if you do want to disable the Trackpad, just do the following: Go to "Devices and Printers" Select the keyboard cover device Select the Trackpad driver settings Click "Change settings" Disable the Trackpad driver.
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Yes, you can turn off the touchpad by hitting Fn F7, there is also a setting under the synaptic manager that detects and ignores accidental "palm clicks." You can adjust the sensitivity of this setting by right clicking on the Synaptics Pointing Device icon in the task tray and selecting "Pointing Device Properties." In the new window that pops up, click on "SmartSense." This slider allows you to adjust how the touchpad responds. If set to "Max" then it will only respond to a single finger, any touched area larger than a fingertip will be ignored. It may take some trial and error, but within a few days of owning the laptop you should be able to get it to a comfortable setting for your use. Yes, you can turn off the touchpad by hitting Fn F7, there is also a setting under the synaptic manager that detects and ignores accidental "palm clicks." You can adjust the sensitivity of this setting by right clicking on the Synaptics Pointing Device icon in the task tray and selecting "Pointing Device Properties." In the new window that pops up, click on "SmartSense." This slider allows you to adjust how the touchpad responds. If set to "Max" then it will only respond to a single finger, any touched area larger than a fingertip will be ignored. It... » Read More Yes, you can turn off the touchpad by hitting Fn F7, there is also a setting under the synaptic manager that detects and ignores accidental "palm clicks." You can adjust the sensitivity of this setting by right clicking on the Synaptics Pointing Device icon in the task tray and selecting "Pointing Device Properties." In the new window that pops up, click on "SmartSense." This slider allows you to adjust how the touchpad responds. If set to "Max" then it will only respond to a single finger, any touched area larger than a fingertip will be ignored. It may take some trial and error, but within a few days of owning the laptop you should be able to get it to a comfortable setting for your use. « Show Less