Gateway PC manual Click, click, Do this

For more information on using special features of your mouse and changing mouse settings, see HelpSpot.

To...	Do this...
Move the pointer	Move the mouse around on the mouse
on the screen	pad. If you run out of space on your
	mouse pad and need to move the pointer
	farther, pick up the mouse, set it down in
	the middle of the mouse pad, then
	continue moving the mouse.
Select an object on	Position the pointer over the object.
the screen	Quickly press and release the left mouse
	button once. This action is called clicking.
	click

Start a program or open a file folder

click, click

Position the pointer over the object. Quickly press and release the left mouse button twice. This action is called double-clicking.

Access a shortcut		Position the pointer over the object.
menu or find more	click	Quickly press and release the right
information about		mouse once. This action is called
an object on the		right-clicking.
screen.
Move an object on		Position the pointer over the object. Press
the screen.		the left mouse button and hold it down.
	click	Move (drag) the object to the appropriate
		part of the screen, then release the
		button.

and drag

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