Making Magic Trackpad like my Macbook trackpad

I have a Macbook Pro and an iMac using a Magic Trackpad. I find it irritating and unproductive (as I have to think each time I use multi-touch which "language" I have to speak) that they have different multi-touch gestures and I'd like to make them the same. I've looked but I can't find any Magic Trackpad making the gestures the same as the Macbook. Any suggestions?

Ah, now I understand the issue,
Look below each of the options and you can select 3 or 4 fingers.  Just click the down arrow next to the description for other options.  If you set 3 finger drag on the Point & Click tab, all the other 3 finger gestures will change to 4 finger automatically.  If you want to turn off or on the double tap and drag function, it's in System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad tab > Trackpad options.. button > Dragging.
Captfred

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