Windows Basics: Using The Mouse

Windows Basics: Using The Mouse
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Before you can start exploring the Desktop and Taskbar on your Windows computer, it's important to know how to use the mouse properly. The mouse is a pointing device that you use to navigate around

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Slide1Windows Basics: The Mouse

Slide2The MouseBefore  you  can  explore  the  Desktop  and  Taskbar,  you  must  know how  to  use  your  mouse .  Your  mouse  is  a  pointing  device .  You  use it  to  point  to  things  on  the  computer  screen.  There  are  other  kinds of  pointing  devices,  like  touch  pads  and  game  pads,  which  we  will not  discuss  here. A  mouse  has  at  least  two  buttons  -  left  and  right .  Most   have  a middle  button  or  a  scroll  wheel   between  the  left  and  right  buttons. Some  mice  have  several  other  buttons  that  can  be  programmed  for                           special  functions,  especially  for  games The  normal  shape  for  the  mouse  pointer  is  an  arrow:

Slide3What You Do with a MouseMove the pointer  - Moving the mouse around moves the mouse pointer/cursor on the screen. Click  - Press a mouse button and release it. Usually the left button. Double-click  - Press a mouse button twice quickly Right click  - Press the right mouse button and release it. Drag  - Hold a mouse button down while moving the mouse. Usually                     what the mouse pointer was over on the screen will                        move or be highlighted when you drag. Scroll  - Rolling the wheel that some mice have will move the document up and down in the current window.

Slide4Pointer ShapesThe shape of the pointer changes depending on where it is and what is happening. The term  cursor  is used for the shape that shows where your typing will appear. You can position the cursor by clicking in a spot in a document. So the pointer and cursor work together, but are not the same thing. The  hand shape        usually means that the pointer is over a link, like on a web page. Since pointer shapes can be customized in the Mouse dialog, your pointer shapes may look quite different or be animated. For example, the following animated shapes are used in pointer schemes that come with WinXP for the shape Working In Background: