Can touchscreen be used instead of mouse for standard apps? i.e. Excel
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Having used a tablet and a UMPC before I can safely say yes. A touch works just like a left click on "normal" apps like excel. Since this device uses a touch screen you can't really hover the mouse pointer over things but everything else works like you'd think.
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I don't think it has a touchscreen, if you mean it's built-in touchpad, it works like a mouse pointer, single touch.
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For the Venue 8 Pro you might want to look at the MouseTouchPointer app. It turns the whole screen or a portion of it into a trackpad which moves and controls a standard mouse pointer. It uses all the normal trackpad functions (tap to click, double tap to click and hold, long press for right context menu, etc.) and has a really nice overlay keyboard which supports transparency. There's a lot more to it that I haven't explored but it made my Venue 8 Pro actually usable. I just couldn't make the normal touch screen work well with my normal sized finger tips.
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No, it is just a standard mouse, with touch, for standard mouse features (Right/left click, scroll, back, forward)
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I would assume not. There are no cursors or mouse drivers. That's why it's a touch screen.
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No it is not a touchscreen. It has a keyboard with a 10-key number pad to the right, a trackpad mouse thing at the base, and USB connections for a separate mouse if you would like.
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Windows 7 is touch screen compatible by default. However you may want to get a stylus as the menus and buttons are smaller due to them being intended for a mouse.
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No this is not a touch screen. The touch pad I've noticed does seem to be a little buggy, but I rarely noticed it. I typically use a mouse though since I hate touch pads though.
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Yes, using the touch screen and menu settings...not the best human interface, however
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Its NOT a touchscreen, its a touch pad. If you don't like the pad, you can hook up a USB mouse, or whatever.
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You can use the mouse and button function to control the software like Snagit or Jing from Techsmith to accomplish what you want. The pointer itself does not have the software capability.
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No, this computer does not have a touch screen. But windows 8.1 makes regular desktop use similar to windows 7 as opposed to windows 8.
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No touch screen. If your looking for Windows 8, be prepared to relearn how to use a computer.
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No this computer is not touch screen. With Windows 8, if you have other touch screen techy stuff, you might be better of than I am. I am switching to Windows 7 ASAP because the 8 is a totally new route to learn.
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I don't use a mouse with mine, if that is what you mean. As far as I am aware, you cannot touch the screen and use it.
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No. And it's not a touchscreen monitor. You use buttons to navigate on the monitor.
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Yesss.. u can do anything you can do on a regular desktop computer in my opinion its great I use mine every day and I show it off all the time the only bad thing is its touch interface is pen only no fingers and it isn't multi touch so no pinch to zoom unless you use a USB touch surface like on a wireless keyboard I am happy with mine I have installed windows 8 and it works way better also my opinion