1. Pointing
Sliding the mouse on the mouse pad moves the pointer on the screen. Rest your hand
on the mouse, move it slowly around the mouse pad, and see what happens
to the arrow on the screen.
2. Clicking
Gently pressing the left mouse button,
is one way to give the computer a command to do something. This is called clicking.
Move the mouse arrow over the picture up top, and notice that the
arrow changes to a pointing hand. This means the picture is a link to another
place. Click the left mouse button to follow this link.
Words or text can also be links to other pages. Move the pointer this
underlined word and notice that the arrow changes to a pointing hand. This means the text is also a
link to another destination. Click the left mouse button to follow this link.
3. Scrolling
Scrolling means moving up and down within a web page or other computer window. This
is done by using the mouse to move the "elevator" up and down within the
scroll bar at the far right of this screen. You can do this in three ways:
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To move one line at a time, click on the
arrow at the top of the scroll bar or the
arrow at the bottom.
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To move one screen at a time, click on the empty space within the scroll bar, above
or below the elevator.
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To move anywhere within the document, point to the elevator itself. Press and hold down
the left mouse button. Now you can slide the elevator up or down by sliding
the mouse on the mouse pad. Release the button when you are in the desired
location.
For more practice scrolling, you may try the
Scrolling tutorial.
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