Acer TravelMate 530 Training Manual

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Notebook Training Manual for Acer TravelMate 530 Department of Education and TrainingVersion 1.0 2003 Page 12 of 36Using your notebookOpen itFind the slider button at the centre front of the lid, gently slide it to the right, then lift the lid(screen) until it is open.Turn it onThe power button is above the top left hand sideof the keyboard. Gently press and hold the buttonfor a second or two until the notebook starts.The power button is usually used only as an On switch – your notebook automaticallyturns itself off as part of the shutdown procedure.If your notebook stops responding to keyboard or mouse input, you may be forced to turnit off. To do this, hold the power button down for at least 5 seconds to turn it off.TouchpadBefore you do anything, you need to know aboutyour notebook's 'touchpad' area.The touchpad is your 'mouse'. Moving your fingeraround it will move the pointer (or cursor) on thescreen. When using the touchpad to move thepointer around the screen, try to keep your fingeron the touchpad. Lifting your finger will stop thepointer moving.The buttons below the touchpad are your left and right mouse buttons. As you get moreexperienced, you can operate these buttons with your thumb as you use your finger to movethe pointer around the screen. The right mouse button has the usual function of opening amenu relevant to the place where the pointer is pointing.You can 'tap' the touchpad instead of clicking the mouse buttons: A single tap = a single left mouse click A double tap = a double left mouse click A double tap + drag = a normal drag holding the left mouse button down. Thismay take some practice. Double tap but hold your finger down on the second tapand move it across the screen for the 'drag'.This notebook model also has a scrolling 'button' which scrolls when you press down on eitherend, similar to the scrolling wheel on a mouse. The lower button scrolls down; the upperbutton scrolls up.You can change the speed of the cursor movement and the size of the cursor (see Appendix Aon page 29 for details). To practice using the touchpad, play some games of Solitaire – nowyou’ve got an excuse to do this!