Hi Doug, I'm using an Acer Travelmate too, all be it 7 years old "smile". I have only really started using it more lately, while I get Jaws put onto the desktops at work. I have Jaws on my home desktop, so haven't really needed to use the laptop much until recently. The mouse keys you refer to, are referred to as the touch-pad. Like you, I sometimes touch them accidently with my wrist. There is a way of turning it on and off. A family member found it in the documentation I got with it. I think it is something like pressing the FN key followed by F8. I am not certain of this though. I haven't tried turning mine off yet, as I have had problems with my unit crashing with Jaws. I therefore need someone to use the touchpad in order to clear the error message and restart the laptop for me. I am thinking of getting an external mouse to plug in and turn off the touchpad. I might be wrong with which function key you press though. Give it a try. If you still have no luck, let me know and I will try and get a family member to check my documentation again for you. My touchpad is very sensitive. Everyone who uses it complain about it. I have had people try and slow it down for me too. Hope this helps. Good luck Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:16 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Acer laptop question
> > Hope this isn't too much off topic but......... > I'm using an Acer Travelmate laptop with a bunch of mouse controls just > below the main keyboard. > Unfortunately, when resting my palms on the kdyboard, the mouse controls > get > activated. > Is there a way of disabling that mouse pad arrangement?? > Thanks in advance. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list%40googlegroups.com/ In order to contact the management team simply fill out the following form found at: http://www.jaws-users.com/contact.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JAWS Users List" group. To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jaws-users-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
