So, revisiting my past failures I see...so that's how its going to be, eh?!
Re: Trap's post - I note they don't say squat about that nasty charm/swipe/whateverthehellitis thingy that invades from the right! Who the frick likes that crap? I know, Trap...Mac! Next time...next time!
That can be turned off and don't ask me how; I found it by chance when I was hunting around for a fix of the printer issue.
eta: Okay, I looked and found. Here's how, I
think:
Cursor to upper right corner of screen until vertical, five-icon list appears. Click on "search". When the screen comes up, click on "settings" (one of the choices below), in the box, type in "touchpad" and enter. "Synaptics Touchpad V"-something" will appear in a list on the left; click on that and a menu-box will appear with "turn off" as one of the options.