Navigating in HP TouchSmart
You can use touch, a stylus (purchased separately), or the wireless keyboard and mouse to select and
deselect items in HP TouchSmart.
When you are in the HP TouchSmart software, you have additional ways to access and navigate
programs.
Action
Go to HP TouchSmart
homepage
Close HP TouchSmart
Go back to a previous
window
Personalize your
HP TouchSmart homepage
Music controls (Play,
Pause, Skip or Back)
Go to the Windows
desktop
Scroll browsing
Tile View browsing
Fan View browsing
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Getting Started
Description
Tap the House icon to go back to the
HP TouchSmart homepage.
Tap the Close button on the
HP TouchSmart homepage.
Tap the Back Arrow button.
Tap the Personalize button on the
HP TouchSmart homepage.
Tap the music controls at the top right of
the window.
Tap the Windows Vista icon in the
upper-left corner to minimize
HP TouchSmart and go to the Microsoft
Windows desktop.
To quickly scroll left and right, or up
and down, you can touch and drag
your finger across the screen in the
direction you want to scroll.
There must be enough items for scrolling
to work. In the homepage, you need at
least 5 items in the top row of tiles, and
13 items in the bottom row.
Drag your finger across the tiles to
browse through them, and then tap a
tile to open it.
There must be enough items for scrolling
to work.
You can browse your photo, music, and
video collections by using the Fan View.
First tap the Fan icon in the bottom-right
corner to select the Fan View, drag the
fan left or right, and then tap an item to
open it.