While talking with some different colleagues during our school inservices the past few days, I've heard that laptops take a little
getting used to. That is certainly true as it is with anything new or
different! As things come up, I’ll try to post some tips and tricks to
help the transition be a little smoother. J
Here is a tip that may help you out with typing.
Sometimes your hand may accidentally touch the pad as you’re typing and change
the placement of your cursor (which messes up your typing!). On the touch
pad in the upper left corner there is a circular indention. If you
double tap it, it turns off the touch pad. To turn it back on, double tap
it again. If you have a mouse, you can leave the touch pad turned
off. If you do not have a mouse, you may just want to turn off the pad
while you type.
Great suggestion! I don't know about the other laptops but at the HS we have two different types--the ones with the indentation work as you described. However we have several teachers with "no-dent-in-the-upper-left-corner and those need a software update. I filled out a helpdesk request and Jeff was done in a matter of minutes!
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