Apple Duo 270C manual Double-click, Shift-click, Working with icons, Selecting icons

Quick Reference

Summary and Shortcuts

Double-click

nDouble-click an object on screen by pointing to the object and clicking twice in rapid succession, without moving the mouse.

Double-clicking is a common shortcut for opening an icon or the selected item in a directory dialog box.

Shift-click

nHold down the Shift key while clicking.

Shift-clicking is a way to select more than one icon or item in a list.

Working with icons

Selecting icons

To do this	Take these steps
Select an icon	Click the icon.
Deselect an icon	Click anywhere except the selected icon.
Select multiple icons	While holding down the Shift key, click
	each icon.
Deselect an icon in a	While holding down the Shift key, click
group of selected icons	the icon.
Select multiple icons	1.	Place the pointer at one corner of the
that are near each other		group of icons.
	2.	Drag diagonally to select the icons, then
		release the mouse button.
Select contiguous icons	1.	Place the pointer to the left of the top icon
in a list		or the bottom icon.
	2.	Drag up or down the list, releasing the
		mouse button when the pointer is left of the
		last icon.
Select text in an icon’s	Click the icon’s name (not the icon itself).
name

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