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When MouseKeys is on, you use some keys to
accomplish tasks by pressing them. For other tasks, you press
and hold keys. You can also use the NUM LOCK key to switch
between using MouseKeys and the standard keyboard.
When MouseKeys is on, you can use the following
keys to accomplish the following tasks:
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To |
Press |
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Move the mouse pointer |
The arrow keys |
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Click |
5 |
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Double-click |
+ (plus sign) |
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Lock the mouse button |
INS |
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Release the mouse button |
DEL |
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Left mouse click |
/ (slash) |
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Right mouse click |
- (minus sign) |
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Both mouse clicks |
* (asterisk) |
To drag and drop an object
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Place the pointer
on the object and then press INS to begin dragging. Move the
object to its new location, and then press
DEL to release it.
To cause the pointer to "jump" across large
sections on the screen
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Hold down CTRL
while using the movement keys (any numeric keypad key except 5).
To move the mouse a single pixel at a time for
greater accuracy
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Hold down SHIFT
while using the movement keys (any numeric keypad key except 5).
Using the NUM LOCK key
You can use NUM LOCK to change the MouseKeys
control pad back to the numeric keypad and vice versa.
This is especially useful with a laptop or
notebook computer that does not have a separate numeric keypad.
On these computers, the numeric keypad is usually overlaid on
top of the standard QWERTY keyboard. The NUM LOCK feature will
turn the right-hand portion of the keyboard into a number pad
with the key equivalents noted on the front edge of each key.
You may still use the regular mouse along with
the MouseKeys.
Note
If the Mouse Keys feature is on, but NUM LOCK is
in the opposite setting, the MouseKeys icon in the taskbar shows
that MouseKeys is off.
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