User's Manual

Appendix B: Keyboard
B-2 MRX920/MTX950 User’s Manual
Touchpad
The touchpad is a pointing device that provides all the features of
a two-button mouse. Its primary function is to move the cursor
around the screen.
Figure 1.7 Touchpad
Using Your Touchpad
Clicking
First, place your fingers on the keyboard in the normal typing
position. The touchpad is easily accessible by moving either your
left or right thumb off the space bar and on to the touchpad.
Gently move your thumb across the touchpad in the direction you
want the cursor to move. The pad detects the change in pressure
and moves the cursor in the corresponding direction.
With the touchpad there is another method of making selections
in a MTX950 software program. It is called double-tapping. This
function corresponds to double-clicking with a mouse. Once the
cursor has been moved to the object you want to select, lightly
double-tap the pressure sensitive touchpad. This double-tapping
on the touchpad will select the desired item and prompt the
software to perform the related operation.
The left and right buttons located directly below the touchpad are
the same in function as those on a two-buttoned mouse. Clicking
these buttons makes selections, drags objects, or performs a
The touchpad on your MRX920 laptop is electrically sensitive to finger touch. It will not
respond if touched by anything other than your fingers, such as a stylus or pencil.