how do i enable my aspire 3 cursor pointer which has disappeared?

fmalone

How do i enable my aspire 3 cursor pointer which has disappearded

Axxo

Enable Mouse/Touchpad with Functions Key. If you own a laptop and the mouse cursor disappears, check if one of the Functions keys F1-F9 (FN keys) enables or disables the mouse/touchpad. (e.g. in some ACER laptops the F6 key (or FN + F6) enables the mouse, in others the F7 or the F9 key turns off or on the mouse.

William_mk2

@fmalone

Please look at the key f6 and f7 key on keyboard .    You can see the hand symbol with fingers .   That denotes the touchpad function key.   On some models it will be on f6 and some models it will be on f7.    So we need to use the right key depending upon the laptop model .   If fn + f7 is not working then we have to use f7 alone to make it to work.     

On some laptop models there will be a separate button right  next to touch pad area which is beow the space bar.  It is used to turn on and off the touch pad.  On some old models it will be right next to power button.   On all new models, f7 key is used to enable and disable the touch pad. 

William_mk2

@fmalone

Try fn + f6 or f6 alone  or  fn + f7 or f7 alone on keyboard to disable and enable the touchpad. 

Please look at the key f6 and f7 key on keyboard .    You can see the hand symbol with fingers .   That denotes the touchpad function key.   On some models it will be on f6 and some models it will be on f7.    So we need to use the right key depending upon the laptop model .   If fn + f7 is not working then we have to use f7 alone to make it to work.     

On some old laptop models there will be a separate button right  next to touch pad area which is below the space bar.  It is used to turn on and off the touch pad.  On some old models it will be right next to power button.   On all new models, f7 key is used to enable and disable the touch pad. 

If you would like to disable and enable the touchpad, please press and hold  fn key on the keyboard and then press f6 or f7 once.    If the touchpad is not getting disabled you can either press f6 alone or f7 alone without holding the fn key.      It is used to enable or disable the touchpad..    

After disabling and enabling the touchpad check how it is working.. 

If it is still not working 
Go to support.acer.com 
chose your country 
type snid or chose your model 
go to drivers - Install the i/o drivers first and then install the touch pad driver 

Aspire314touchpad

Aspire 3 14:

F10. Just press F10 if your cursor has gone. It's back, grats.

Doesn't even correspond with the windows 'touchpad settings'. This is an Acer hardware cursor removal, separate to windows settings.

Awful, awful design.

Other forums say fn+ f6/f7.

So 'Fn' key does normal f1,f4 etc functions. These top buttons are volume/brightness etc first, f2/f3 etc only once Fn is pressed. I hate Windows 10 too, you're not alone.