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Holding a Mouse 2 3 4

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Let’s learn how to hold a mouse properly.

Step 1: Use fi nger 2 and fi nger 3 to hold a mouse.
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Step 2: Place the palm on the mouse gently.

Step 3: Put fi nger 2 on the ‘left mouse button’ and fi nger 3
on the ‘right mouse button’.

Finger 3

Finger 1
Finger 2 Finger 2 on the scroll-wheel

Think and Discuss

Why are the following statements incorrect?

1. A keyboard keeps a mouse free from dust and dirt.
2. We move a page up and down using the buttons of a mouse.

Mouse Pointer

An arrow that we see on the monitor when a computer is ON is called mouse
pointer. On moving the mouse, the pointer moves in the same direction.

Using a Mouse

The pressing and releasing a mouse button is called clicking.

Left-click Right-click

When we click the left button When we click the right
of a mouse, it is called left- button of a mouse, it is
click or simply click. called right-click.

Clicking

Single-click Double-click

When we press the left mouse When we press the left
button once and release it, it is button twice and release it, it t
called single-click. is called double-click.

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