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<link type="guide" xref="mouse"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="pointing"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-03-25" status="final"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-10-06" status="review"/>
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<desc>Change how quickly the pointer moves when you use
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your mouse or touchpad.</desc>
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Adjust speed of the mouse and touchpad</title>
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<p>If your pointer moves too fast or slow when you move your mouse
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or use your touchpad, you can adjust the pointer sensitivity and
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acceleration for these devices.</p>
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or use your touchpad, you can adjust the pointer speed for these devices.</p>
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select
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<gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Open <gui>Mouse and Touchpad</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Under <gui>Pointer Speed</gui>, adjust the <gui>Acceleration</gui>
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and <gui>Sensitivity</gui> sliders until the pointer motion is comfortable
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<item><p>Open <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Adjust the <gui>Pointer Speed</gui> slider until the pointer motion
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is comfortable for you.</p></item>
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<p>Sensitivity is how much your pointer initially moves when you move your mouse.</p>
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<p>The farther you move your mouse, the faster and faster the pointer moves
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relative to your movement. This helps you get the pointer across the screen
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without lifting your hand, while still letting you point and click accurately.
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Acceleration controls this behavior.</p>
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<p>You can set the sensitivity and acceleration differently for your mouse
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<p>You can set the pointer speed differently for your mouse
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and touchpad. Sometimes the most comfortable settings for one type of
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device aren't the most comfortable for another. Just set the sliders on
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both the <gui>Mouse</gui> and <gui>Touchpad</gui> tabs.</p>
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both the <gui>Mouse</gui> and <gui>Touchpad</gui> sections.</p>
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<p>The <gui>Touchpad</gui> section only appears if your system has a
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