Click means to press the left button on the mouse once.

ALeft button

BScroll wheel button (scrolling mouse only)

CRight button

8PC Basics Guide

Click means to press the left button on the mouse once.

B

Double-clickmeans to press the left button on the mouse two A

C

times in a row. To double-click, you click the button (press it

 

and then release it), and then quickly click it again.

 

Right-clickmeans to press the right button on the

 

mouse once.

 

To select an item, click the item.

 

To select sequential items in a list or group, click the first

 

item in the list, and then press and hold the Shift key on the

 

keyboard while you click the last item.

 

To select non-sequential items, click the first item, and then

 

press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard while you click

 

the additional items.

 

 

 

NOTE: Your mouse may look different from the one shown here.

 

 

 

You can switch the function of the left and right buttons for left-handed use. Refer to “Switching Mouse Button Functions” on page 9.

Scrolling

Click the left mouse button to place the cursor in a document, and then:

To scroll toward the beginning of a document, roll the scroll wheel button up (away from you).

To scroll toward the end of a document, roll the scroll wheel button down (toward you).

Autoscrolling

1Place the cursor anywhere in the text, and press the scroll wheel button once. An autoscroll icon appears.

2Move the mouse in the direction you want to scroll. The farther you move the mouse from the starting point, the faster the document scrolls.

3To stop autoscrolling, press the scroll wheel button again.

NOTE: Autoscrolling does not work with some software programs.

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HP m7181.uk manual Scrolling, Autoscrolling, Click means to press the left button on the mouse once, the additional items