Workshop: Make your notebook PC easier to use

Every notebook computer is fitted with a pointing device that takes the place of a mouse. With very few exceptions these days, this will be a touch-sensitive pad.

Synaptics, the company that makes many of these parts, calls it a Touchpad. It has emerged as the most effective pointing device only after years of rivalry from other devices such as joysticks and trackballs. If your notebook computer has a Touchpad but you still feel more at home with a mouse, this Workshop is for you.

The instructions here are for notebooks using a Synaptics Touchpad, but other models may often include similar options.

Find out how to customise the Touchpad here.