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Customize your mouse settings. Did you know you can change the speed at which your mouse pointer moves around the screen? Or switch the roles of the buttons to suit left-handed operation? Or even swap the arrow, hourglass, and other standard mouse pointers for different symbols? You can, and it's easy.
To adjust pointer speed |
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Printers and Other Hardware.
- Click Mouse.
- In the Mouse Properties dialog box, click the Pointer Options tab.
- On the Pointer Options tab, under Motion, drag the slider left to make the pointer move slower, or right to make the pointer move faster. If you choose a fast speed, make sure that the Enhance pointer precision check box is selected (this provides better control of the pointer when moving it at short distances).
- Click OK to save your settings.
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If you're left-handed and you'd like to change your mouse to work the way you do, you can change the setting so your mouse works in a left-handed environment. Here's how.
To change your mouse to a left-handed environment |
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Printers and Other Hardware.
- Click Mouse.
- In the Mouse Properties dialog box, click the Buttons tab.
- On the Buttons tab, under Button configuration, select the Switch primary and secondary buttons check box.
- Click OK.
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Windows XP Starter Edition offers a lot of flexibility if you'd like to use a different mouse pointer. You can switch all your pointers at once, or you can switch them one a time.
To switch from standard mouse pointers |
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Printers and Other Hardware.
- Click Mouse.
- In the Mouse Properties dialog box, click the Pointers tab.
- On the Pointers tab, do one of the following:
- Switch all of your pointers at once, in the Scheme list, click the scheme you want.
- To change pointers one at a time, in the Customize list, click the pointers you want to change. After each selection, click Browse, click the pointer image you want to assign as a replacement (a preview of the image displays in the lower left-hand corner), and then click Open.
- Click Apply and OK to complete the procedure.
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Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts help you work faster. Almost all the actions and commands you can perform with a mouse you can perform faster using combinations of keys on your keyboard. These simple keyboard shortcuts can get you where you want to go faster than several clicks of a mouse. You'll work faster on spreadsheets and similar documents, too, because you won't lose your place switching back and forth between mouse and keys.
Try this example:
- Press the Windows key (WinKey) - found between the Ctrl and Alt keys - to open the Start Menu.
- Press the cursor keys to move around the menu items.
- Press the Enter key to open a highlighted item.
- Press the Alt and F4 keys simultaneously to close the item.
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