Scrolling with a laptop keyboard?

Heya,
I was just wondering if it's possible to scroll (like with a mouse wheel) on a laptop keypad? I somehow used the function on my one...a little scrollbar icon came up and it seemed to scroll. But I can't reliably reproduce it.

Anyone have any ideas, or know if there's a program that lets a keyboard shortcut mimic mousewheel up/down?

Thanks

(I have an Acer laptop if there's anything specific about those)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You could use the Up and Down arrow keys to scroll a line at a time, and you could use the spacebar to go a full page down, and Shift+spacebar to go a full page up. Or you could use page up and page down to go up and down a full page.

For stuff that isn't a webpage, well, buy a ten dollar mouse if it is a huge deal?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

My laptop had a function that acted as the mousewheel button when you pressed down both the left and right buttons at the same time. Try that maybe?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

My laptop scrolls if you slide two fingers on the touchpad. I think there are some touchpads that have a scrollbar-like area?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yeah, my roommate's old HP laptop had a rippled area that was designated as a scrolling area, though there was a way to turn it off. Perhaps there's some setting in TouchPad properties under your control panel?

I was speaking idiomatically.

If you have a Synaptics touchpad, you can scroll
- vertically by sliding a finger alongside the right border of the touchpad;
- horizontally by sliding a finger alongside the bottom border of the touchpad

I think several Acer laptop series use these Synaptics devices. It actually works better than a mousewheel (no noise, and easier to scroll faster).

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?