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Click very, very, lightly:
When clicking the mouse, use as light of a touch as possible. Since the mouse is electrical, not mechanical, a harder click
does not produce better results. In fact, a harder click moves the entire mouse, rendering a single or double-click ineffective.
Pretend you are wearing a cast:
When moving the mouse, do not move your wrist. Pretend you have a cast on your arm so to move the mouse means moving your
entire arm. Flexing the wrist causes the mouse to be pointed in the wrong direction. You always want the mouse cord pointed
away from you and straight back from your hand.
Rest the wrist:
Use the table you are working on to rest your wrist. The more of your arm that can be on the table, the better off you will
be. This will especially help when you start to click on objects. Resting your wrist gives you a good base so that the mouse
doesn’t move when clicking.
Butt in the palm:
Put the butt of the mouse in the palm of your hand at all times. Try to do this whenever you are moving the mouse. Use the
same grip whether you are moving the mouse or clicking. In other words, you shouldn’t have to move your hand to click
the mouse. Rather, you should always have your hand in a position to click.
"Pet the dog" technique:
When you pet a dog you usually stop at the end of the dog, pick your hand up, move it to the top, and then stroke the dog
again. When you run out of dog, you put your hand in a position to continue petting the dog. A similar step is used in moving
the mouse.
When moving the mouse, you will often come into contact with the keyboard, run into the edge of the table, or extend your
arm as far as it can go. When you encounter these situations, pick the mouse up and put your hand down in a position where
you can continue moving in the direction that you wish to move. When the mouse is in the air the arrow on the screen will
stay exactly where it is so that you can reposition the mouse without losing any ground.
How to Select Non-Adjacent Items
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You often see a number of items on the screen that you want to treat the same: you want to delete them all, drag them to a
flash drive, etc. (This technique works best if you are viewing a list as in your email.)
1. Click an item once: item will turn blue (Highlight)
2. Hold down the Ctrl (control) key on the keyboard
3. Click on each item to select (as long as the Ctrl key is pressed, each item will Highlight)
4. Release the Ctrl key
5. Perform the action. For example, pressing the delete key on the keyboard will delete all of the highlighted documents.
Dragging one will drag them all.
6. To Unselect, hold down Ctrl and click again on any highlighted item
How to Select Adjacent Items
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1. Click the top most item once: item will turn blue (Highlight)
2. Hold down the Shift key on the keyboard
3. Click on the bottom most item to select: all of the items between the top and bottom items will Highlight
4. Release the Shift key
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