F1 Tuesday: Helping You Help Yourself: Eliminating Touch Pad (Mouse) Frustration

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Eliminating Touch Pad (Mouse) Frustration

Today’s Topic: Adjusting the Touch Pad Sensitivity and “Tap and Drag” on Your Laptop

Who? Laptop users who want to adjust the mouse/touch pad properties on their laptop. If you’ve ever had a window suddenly close or move on you, you likely have “tap and drag” enabled. Once you disable it, you’ll have greater control. (Trust me, when we show people how to do this, they practically hug us!)

Why? We see a lot of users become frustrated using the touch pad on their laptop. We see people all the time accidentally moving things on their desk top and they have no idea why it happens. This demo will help.

How? Watch this short screencast:

Adjusting the Touch Pad Properties on Your Laptop from 10Tech on Vimeo.
Note: This demonstration features Windows 7 operating system and Office 2007—different software will yield different results.

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