How does 'pointing' actually work? Where is the laser? is there a laser? Touchpad?
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There no pointing option, no lazer, il another product from Genius. And the mini touchpad is crap. This product is only good to make a breefing when you need to navigate on a web site.
785629
This one does not have a pointer, it's just a mouse. Look for this item instead: B007F9IP9C - it is specifically designed for presentations.
381537
Aloha, Amy, You have to hold the button, but you could easily arrange something with a rubber band if you needed a continuous red dot. I'm guessing that the battery life might be severely limited and the laser might overheat if you kept it on too long. If you need a continuous red laser dot, you might want to experiment with a cheap single function pointer rather than take a chance on hurting this little beauty.
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I'm guessing that you are tapping the touchpad while you are typing. This has happened to me a couple of times and it's usually my thumb hitting the touchpad by accident which cause your laptop to revert to the last place your arrow was at...
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No, it's just a keyboard. It has arrow keys, but no track pad or pointing stick.
808557
You and I are looking for the same touchpad!!! I don't believe anyone is making the multi-touch point pad we want yet (at least not at an affordable price); this one is a two points of touch pad, so you can do limited gesturing only; I do use it with Windows 8 on a desktop that I dual boot with Windows 7. It's a nice change for my right hand since I use a normal mouse with scroll wheel at work.
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Yes, it is. But, you still need to install the drivers first. If you don't, it will become a basic pointing device, not a digitizer.
450924
A laser is used to guide the movement of the mouse.There are different products used for the mouse, but laser is more precise.
195995
Push and hold the button with the arrow on it. I think they call it the pointer. Then follow the on screen instruction
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I'm not sure about a laser mouse. I use an optical mouse at work. It works very well for that purpose.
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It's going to be very difficult using a mouse. I hate touchpads too. When I'm using the FitDeck I read or watch TV.
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You can setup custom gestures in certain programs, I am not sure if you can use the mouse to open a program though.
84881
No, a touch pad is a pad that you move your finger(s) across to move the pointer. It acts as your mouse
1683716
do you have your touch pad disabled? if so press F5 to enable it then it should bring your pointer back when you touch it.
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As a few other answers mentioned, this is an optical mouse. Laser mice are better but more expensive; however, most people ought to be satisfied with this optical solution.
1010065
You can slightly tap the touchpad with "click" fuction. You can also tap it with the mouse switch hidden under the rubber feet. Either way can use the tap feature of the touchpad.
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I am having problems with my touchpad as well. Hopefully someone has some answers. :(
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It has more like a mouse bar directly below the touchpad. You tap in the corners of the bar. To be honest, this is an AWESOME computer, but the touchpad is the weakpoint of the machine in my opinion. I would purchase again because I use it as my home computer and always have access to a wireless mouse. If you will always have access to a wireless mouse, no worries.