Chances are, if you’ve seen an iPhone commercial (and
definitely, if you own one of the devices), you get the gist of
touch-screen tech. Multi-touch capability, which involves using more
than one finger to execute a touch task, is integrated much more
seamlessly into Windows 7 than into earlier versions of Windows. So if
you jump into Windows 7 by buying a new PC, and happen to get one of the
increasingly common laptops or all-in-one desktops with touch-screen
capability, here are a few touch tricks your documentation may not tell
you about.
In addition to the familiar rotating, zooming, and swiping functions, we suggest learning three more: the two-finger tap, press-and-hold, and the flick.
Two-finger tap: Tapping on the screen with two fingers simultaneously zooms in by the system’s default zoom increment. The area that zooms depends on where you tap; the feature will try to focus in on the center of the gesture. Not all apps will do this, but we’ve found it particularly helpful for making precise clicks on links on a Web page.
Press-and-hold: If you press and hold with one finger, you can launch a right-click context menu on an icon or the desktop. The same is true if you press one finger and then tap with a second.
The flick: Just like some mice have forward and back buttons for browsing the Web, you can use a flick gesture to do the same. Do a quick, light up or down swipe of your finger to scroll up or down a page, or swipe left or right to navigate forward or back through a browser. It sure beats all those buttons.
In addition to the familiar rotating, zooming, and swiping functions, we suggest learning three more: the two-finger tap, press-and-hold, and the flick.
Two-finger tap: Tapping on the screen with two fingers simultaneously zooms in by the system’s default zoom increment. The area that zooms depends on where you tap; the feature will try to focus in on the center of the gesture. Not all apps will do this, but we’ve found it particularly helpful for making precise clicks on links on a Web page.
Press-and-hold: If you press and hold with one finger, you can launch a right-click context menu on an icon or the desktop. The same is true if you press one finger and then tap with a second.
The flick: Just like some mice have forward and back buttons for browsing the Web, you can use a flick gesture to do the same. Do a quick, light up or down swipe of your finger to scroll up or down a page, or swipe left or right to navigate forward or back through a browser. It sure beats all those buttons.
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