How to use Mouse

You use a mouse to point to a location on the screen. Push the mouse forward across your desk and the pointer moves up: push the mouse to the mouse to the left, and the pointer moves to the left. To point to an object or location on the screen, you simply use the mouse to place the pointer on top of the object or location.

           Everything you do with a mouse you accomplish by combining pointing with four other techniques: clicking something with the mouse means to move the pointer to the item on the screen and to press and release the mouse button once. Double - clicking an item means to point to it with the mouse pointer and then press and release the mouse button twice in rapid succession. Dragging an item means to position the mouse pointer over the item, press the mouse button and hold it down as you move the mouse. As you move the pointer , the item is " dragged" along with it . you can then drop the item in a new position on the screen. This technique is called drag- and - drop editing.

               With Macintosh computers, most mice have only one button . with IBM - compatible computers, most mice have two buttons, but clicking, double clicking and dragging are usually carried out with the left mouse button. Some mice can have three or more buttons. The button uses are determined by the computers operating system, application software and mouse control software.

                A fairly recent enhancement is the wheel mouse. A wheel mouse has a small wheel nestled among its buttons. You can use the wheel for various purposes, one of which is scrolling through long documents. The mouse usually sits  to the right of the keyboard and users maneuvers the mouse with the right hand, pressing the left button with right forefinger. For this reason, the left mouse button is sometimes called the primary mouse button.