Enable Palm Check ???????

[BlueBird]

First of all I apologize for sending two posts about the same subject.
That's the Alzheimer's I'm afraid. I forgot I'd already sent a post about
it. I've not received a reply even though I've checked back every day a
couple of times. When I changed the settings for the touch pad there was a
place that said enable palm check and it was checked as if to enable it.
What the hey is this about ? Can anyone tell me ? If the reason I've not
gotten any answers or even an answer is because I've posted to the wrong
group, would someone please let me know ? I would appreciate it very much.
Thank you for any help you can give me.

Cheryle
(Who's quite confused, but very determined !)

 

[Sharon F]

First of all I apologize for sending two posts about the same subject.
That's the Alzheimer's I'm afraid. I forgot I'd already sent a post about
it. I've not received a reply even though I've checked back every day a
couple of times. When I changed the settings for the touch pad there was a
place that said enable palm check and it was checked as if to enable it.
What the hey is this about ? Can anyone tell me ? If the reason I've not
gotten any answers or even an answer is because I've posted to the wrong
group, would someone please let me know ? I would appreciate it very much.
Thank you for any help you can give me.

Cheryle
(Who's quite confused, but very determined !)

Cheryle, there's many different suppliers of software for touchpads and
palm pads and many different versions from each of those. Because of this
it is hard to know exactly what is meant by a setting unless one has seen
it/worked with it. There are similarites between all of these things though
- enough so that I can say "palm check" is probably a setting that
de-sensitizes (or disables) the palm area of the keyboard.

Reason for setting: While typing, the palms may accidentally rest on the
palm pad or brush against it. This creates input which in turn can cause
results that aren't expected.

The system needs to know if you want it to take notice of that input or if
it should ignore accidental brushes with this portion of the laptop
keyboard. If you ask it to ignore accidental contact, the setting may
disable this area entirely. Or it may change the sensitivity level - you
would have to tap the area determinedly (pressure) to get the input
recognized.

What happens with the setting depends on the software being used. For exact
details, check your laptop manual or, if available, the help file for the
software controlling the touchpad/palm rest area.

 

[Dr. C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T]

Hi Cheryl,

It sounds to me like you have tapping turned on. I have big hands,
and with my first touchpad the balls of my thumb were always hitting
it and my cursor would end up all over the place or it would think I
clicked on an item when I hadn't.

With new laptops, the very first thing I do is turn tapping off. The
down side of turning tapping off is that you from that point forward
will HAVE to use the buttons to make selections.

You do not say what brand of computer you are using or what type of
touchpad you have. If it is a standard laptop, you are probably
using a Synaptics touchpad. To change the tapping setting, follow
the following steps;

1. Click {Start}
2. Click {Settings}
3. Click {Control Panel}
4. Click {Mouse}
5. Click (Device Settings) tab
6. Click the [Settings...] button
7. Click {Tapping}
8. Uncheck 'Enable Tapping'
9. Click the [Apply] button
10. Click the [OK] button

Tapping will be turned off.

If you have any questions, drop me a line. The e-mail address that
this is coming from is real.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
He esteems too lightly