Monday, February 7, 2011

General Tips – Settings for the Mouse

It is a good idea to set up how your mouse works. Click on Start, then on Control Panel and double click on Mouse. The settings I definitely recommend are:
  1. If you are a left hander, alternate the left and right clicks.
  2. Check your speed of double click to adjust how quick or slow you would like it to work – practice on the folder or ‘jack-in-the box’ icon and make it faster or slower depending on the speed that you want.
  3. In pointer options also you can adjust the speed that you are comfortable with.
  4. Again in pointer options, an absolute must, I feel, is checking the Snap to option. You will be amazed at how comfortable this makes working on the computer.
  5. If you are working on the laptop you would have a track pad. These options can also be changed. An essential here I recommend is the scroll option on the edge of the track pad.
Do try to play around with all of this – after all you can only go wrong – and it is so easy to re-adjust.

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