There are many cases where we have to turn pages down without using the mouse. For example, the device broke down, or we took the laptop to work, but forgot the mouse. We have to look for alternative solutions to the problem.
Ways on a laptop to scroll down without a mouse
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Ways on a laptop to scroll down without a mouse
- Using a mouse emulator
- Using the touchpad
- How to scroll a page using the keyboard
Using the mouse is not always comfortable. Constantly spinning the wheel can be tiring for our fingers. Therefore, there are 3 ways that can replace the use of mouse scroll. For example:
- A mouse emulator installed on a laptop.
- Touchpad.
- Certain keys on the keyboard.
The method is selected depending on the individual amenities of the user.
Using a mouse emulator
The emulator allows you to scroll up and down without using a mouse. To do this, do the following:
- Press the combination Alt + Shift + NumLock. You must press the ones on the left side of the keyboard.
- We will see a request window. We need to click "Yes."
- In the lower right corner, the icon responsible for the device emulator will be highlighted. Attention! It will not work if you turn off NumLock.
To turn the pages, we will use the following keys:
| 1 | Diagonal down and left |
| 2 | Standard down |
| 3 | Down and right diagonally |
| 4 | Standard right |
| 5 | Normal click (file selection) |
| 6 | Standard right |
| 7 | Up and Left Diagonally |
| 8 | Standard upward movement |
| 9 | Up and Diagonally Right |
| + | Double click |
| / | Left mouse mode |
| — | Right mouse mode |
| * | Toggle mouse button in both directions |
With a little practice, you can remember the purpose of the buttons in memory.
Using the touchpad
The touchpad is a control device that is only available on a laptop (it is not on a regular computer). It is located under the keyboard and is a small square with two buttons (one serves as the left mouse button and the other as the right one). The box itself allows you to control the cursor. We just need to move it with our finger, and the cursor on the screen will repeat our movements. But first, we need to configure the touchpad. To do this, do the following:
- We go to the Control Panel.
- Find the image of the mouse. Choose.
- Our window will open. There will be settings. Open Scrolling.
- We select the scroll depending on the number of fingers that we will use (one or two).
But if we did not use the touchpad for a long time, but connected an external device, it may not work. To restart it, use the following instruction:
- Launch Device Manager. To do this, go to Start and type in the Device Manager search line.
- A window will flash on us. We find the mouse and other devices.
- We open. We select the necessary configuration.
- A window will flash on us. There we will need to do a driver update.
- Two methods are proposed: the first - the system will do the installation on its own, and the second - the person will do it manually.
- After installing the driver, you must update it. We go to the official website and make an update (you must select the appropriate device model).
- You can also download the driver on this site if the installation through the Device Manager failed.
- After downloading the driver, run it and install.
- At the end of the installation, we will be asked to restart the laptop. We can do this now or later (note that the update will start working only after a reboot).
How to scroll a page using the keyboard
A keyboard is a device that is found on every laptop. It’s very easy to use. And for scrolling pages, the following keys will help us:
- Down arrow. Allows you to page down.
- Up arrow. Lets flip up.
- End. Instantly move to the bottom of the page.
- Home Instantly move to the very top of the page.
- Allows you to switch the whole page down.
- Switches the whole page up. The page size is approximately equal to the screen size.
Another way to scroll is to download a virtual mouse program from the Internet. It allows you to use the keyboard to manage files.
There are 3 main ways to replace a computer mouse. Each of the methods the developers tried to make as convenient as possible, so they are all very common.
