I'd like to add here that on some laptops, including mine, there's a button on the mouse pad itself which will turn it on and off. Hope that helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 2:26 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] turning mouse pad off on HP
> Many laptops use the FN key with another key to turn on or off the mouse > pad. For example, Toshiba usually uses FN key with F9. You might check > your user manual for the computer for a keystroke. Otherwise, open > control > panel and go into mouse properties, go to the device settings tab and you > can usually disable the mouse pad there. > > Brian Lee > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "carlene knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] turning mouse pad off on HP > > >> Yeh. I love my Sony Vaio laptop, but you can not turn the mouse touch >> pad off, and it is located in front of the keyboard so I'm always >> bumping it. I use a blue tooth keyboard most of the time because I am >> so sick of this problem. I don't want to totally uninstall it if that's >> even possible, because my sighted husband uses it sometimes to fix >> problems, ETC. >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Hi >>> I am glad to report that on the HP laptop I recently bought that I >>> am >>> able to turn off the mouse pad through the use of a physical button >>> located >>> at the top center of the mouse pad. This feature might be of interest to >>> those interested in buying a new laptop. >>> >>> God bless, >>> Mark >>> God loves you! >>> >>> >>> 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@jaws-users.com >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >>> or body of a blank message to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >>> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >>> following address: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> 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@jaws-users.com >> To post to this group, send email to >> jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 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@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
