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Moving the Mouse
Slide the mouse around on the mouse pad or desk. Watch the screen to see what
happens to the cursor. If you run out of room to move the mouse, you can lift it
up and set it down a few inches over as needed. The cursor will not move while
the mouse is in the air.

Operations of the Mouse

Different ways of operating the mouse causes specific actions to happen on the
Graphic User Interface (GUI). E.g. click, drag, drop, point and select.

1. Clicking the Mouse: Clicking the mouse button is one way of sending
commands to the computer (another is using the keyboard). Click simply means

pressing and releasing any button of a mouse.

Below are the various ways of clicking the mouse:
Left Click or clicking is the pressing and releasing of the left mouse

button once without moving the mouse. It is usually performed to select
or deselect an object on the computer screen. The secret is to keep your
hand relaxed on the mouse as you press down and release the button.
The left button is the main button and the most important button of the
mouse. Left click is also called single click. Sometimes it is just refer to
us click.

Right Click means pressing and releasing the right button of the
mouse. This normally brings out a menu with different options

depending on the site or application.