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When your laptop is running on battery, one of the biggest drains on power is the display. Turning the brightness of the display down could improve battery life significantly; many laptops allow you to do this by pressing <keycombo><keycap>Fn</keycap><keycap>F7</keycap></keycombo> several times.
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Most laptop computers come with a touchpad, which is used to control the mouse pointer. There are many ways of changing the way that the touchpad behaves; the most basic touchpad settings can be configured in the following way.
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Located in
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Select the <guilabel>Touchpad</guilabel> tab.
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Located in
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Some touchpads may be detected as normal mouse devices, even though they are actually touchpads. In this case, the <guilabel>Touchpad</guilabel> tab will not be available in the mouse preferences.
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Located in
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More advanced touchpad configuration options are available using the <application>gsynaptics</application> utility.
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Located in
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Install the <ulink url="apt:gsynaptics">gsynaptics</ulink> package.
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Access the utility from <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Touchpad</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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Located in
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There are a number of different tabs here with various options for adjusting touchpad behavior.
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Located in
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See the <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad">community support pages</ulink> for more information on touchpads.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:520(para)
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Many laptops are regularly tested by the Ubuntu community to ensure that various features work correctly. The results of these tests are available for you to read, and may offer insight into any problems you might be experiencing with your laptop.
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Located in
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