Hi Arthur. Yes, you can turn the trackpad off. press and hold control and options, and then, with 2 fingers on the other hand, turn them on the track pad as though you were turning a dial. If you've used rotor settings on iDevices before, it's the same gesture as changing the rotor option. Hope this helps, Scott On 8/10/12, arthur chatters <arthur.chatters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > My first question to this very helpful list. I use a Macbook Pro, VO and > keyboard commands. Something has got accidentally changed, so that when I > move my hands near the keyboard I seem to be giving commands via the > trackpad, which I don't want. Can I turn the trackpad off? > > Arthur > > > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx