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Hi and welcome to the next generation of computers.
This tutorial series will show you some fun and exciting ways to interact with
your computer using our specially designed HP TouchSmart software.
You'll learn some simple techniques and quick tips that can help you take
advantage of the unique experience HP TouchSmart has to offer.
Let's check out the touch screen itself.
HP TouchSmart screen responds to touch.
Double tap the house icon to open the HP TouchSmart software.
The touch screen is not pressure sensitive so pressing harder won't help.
Just touch it lightly and precisely as we'll teach you in the next couple
minutes.
Let's look at the layout of the HP TouchSmart software itself.
These are tiles.
In HP TouchSmart, tiles represent shortcuts to programs and can display
live content.
You can also use tiles for links to web sites and RSS feeds.
Tiles can also represent items, like all the albums in your music library.
Another common way to view your content in HP TouchSmart is in the form of a
list, as seen here.
There are different ways to work with the HP TouchSmart PC screen that you can become
familiar with.
Some of them are single tap, scroll or flip, and drag-and-drop.
Tap.
To select our open items, just touch the screen with a single tap.
Touch the screen briefly and lift your finger.
Scroll or flip.
To browse through your content, you can scroll or flip.
They both combine touching and sliding your finger.
To scroll,
touch an object,
maintain contact and slide your finger right or left.
Slide your finger, then stop before lifting to scroll precisely.
Scrolling works for many applications, like scrolling through your music
library to find an album.
Scrolling also works in lists,
where you can scroll up and down.
Flip is another way to browse your content.
Just slide your finger and release to flip.
Rows and lists must have enough items in them to scroll or flip.
Scroll and flip.
Two fun ways you can find what you're looking for in HP TouchSmart.
Drag-and-drop.
To move objects between lists,
drag-and-drop.
This combines touching an item, dragging it out of a row or list, and dropping it
into another location.
For rows that scroll right and left,
drag the object up or down to pull it out of the row.
For lists that scroll up and down,
drag the object left or right to pull it out of the list.
Here's a helpful tip:
When you drag an object out of a row or list an icon appears.
this tells you that you're actually
moving the item and not just scrolling.
Let's summarize.
Tap an item lightly and lift your finger to select or open it.
Scroll by touching,
sliding, stopping, and lifting.
Flip by touching,
sliding,
and releasing.
To move an item,
touch it,
drag it out of the list, and drop it into a new location.