How to click on Multi-touch Trackpad

Please excuse my ignorance, I have an early macbook with a button to click.
I am trying to assist my brother with a project using his newer macbook with a multi-touch glass trackpad and I messed up the settings because I am not used to the touch to click. I unchecked that option in system preferences and now cannot click anything. Meaning, I am stuck on the system preferences page and cannot do anything because I do not know how to click without a "click" button.
Please, if you can, get back to me ASAP.
Thanks.
S

Thanks Chris. I am in the process of getting a usb mouse to change back the preference as that is the only way I can get it back to working status, as per applecare. Thanks again bro.
S

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