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Select the Mouse icon in Control Panel
to customize mouse settings such as choosing right-handed or
left-handed mouse button configuration, adjusting double-click
speed, and turning on the ClickLock feature. Under Mouse options
you can also change the pointer scheme, adjust the pointer speed
and acceleration rate, and choose options such as showing
pointer trails, hiding the pointer while typing, showing the
location of the pointer, and turning on the SnapTo feature.
In this section, see step by step tutorials to:
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Reverse the
Function of the Right and Left Mouse Buttons
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Adjust the
Double-Click Speed of the Mouse
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ClickLock:
Highlight or Drag Without Holding Down the Mouse Button
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Choose a Pointer
Scheme
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Select a Pointer
Speed
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SnapTo:
Move Pointer to the Default Button in a Dialog Box
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Display Pointer
Trails
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Hide the Pointer
While Typing
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Show Location of
Pointer
Reverse the Function of
the Right and Left Mouse Buttons
The mouse has a primary and secondary mouse
button. You use the primary mouse button to select and click
items, position the cursor in a document and drag items. You use
the secondary mouse button to display a menu of tasks or options
that change depending on where you click. The primary mouse
button is normally the left button on the mouse. For
accessibility needs, or for left-handed mouse use, you can
reverse the buttons and use the right mouse button as the
primary button. This procedure tells you how to reverse the
function of the right and left mouse buttons through Mouse
Properties in Control Panel.
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Mouse actions |
Keyboard actions |
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On the
Start menu:
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Select
Control Panel. |
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Display the
Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo
key  ).
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Select
Control Panel by pressing C. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are
showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View.
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Select
Mouse. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
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Press
ENTER.
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Move to
Mouse by pressing the arrow keys.
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Press
ENTER. |
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In the
Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab,
under Button configuration:
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Select the
Switch primary and secondary buttons check box.
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Select
OK. |
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In the
Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab,
under Button configuration:
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Select the
Switch primary and secondary buttons by pressing S.
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Press
ENTER. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Select the
Close button. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Press ALT+F,
C. |
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Control Panel: Mouse: Buttons tab:
Button configuration: Switch primary and secondary buttons |
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