“Typing on the keyboard frequently resulted in unwanted touchpad input, so you may want to take advantage of the “button” in the upper-left corner that disables the touchpad when you double-click it.”
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407998,00.asp
Apparently there is a button on that laptop that toggles whether using the keyboard disables the trackpad.
Do you know what the button is?
My hunch is you double-tap the button labeled 1 in this image.
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