Mouse

	Left click Positions the mouse For the menu, the Internet and the Start button you only need to click once every time.
	Double click to start programs or change directories Instead of pointing to a program or document, and then click OK or open, just double click on the file.
	Right click to pull up a “smart menu” on the spot --> This menu changes according to what you can do on that spot.
	Highlight to mark for further use (copy, move, or delete) Push mouse button next to an item, then move the mouse while you keep the left button pushed down.
	Drag and drop to move an item Push mouse button on top of a (highlighted) item, then move the mouse while you keep the left button pushed down. Tip: hold in CTRL while you drag and you create an instant copy!
	Right drag to move with “smart menu” popping up after you release the button
	Click in the Margin Often the mouse will change shape in the margin of a document. From a cursor, it will turn in to an arrow. This will let you manipulate paragraphs, sentences or the whole document.

Exercise.
1) Drag an icon on your desktop while holding your left mouse button.
2) Now drag it again, but while holding your right mouse button
3) Drag it one more time, while holding the CTRL button on your keyboard. In a text document: you can do the same! However, you have to highlight the text first.
4) Open a text document. Click on a word, double click on a word, and click in the margin. Do the same while holding your CTRL or your ALT button. What happens?

Advanced:

Many systems have a so called intelli-mouse. It has a little wheel in the middle between the buttons. Rather than moving this little wheel with your finger, click it once and then let your mouse do the walking through the pages without even touching it. Try this on the Internet. After clicking on your wheel, move the mouse slightly down, until the page starts to move.

	If you are left handed, you might want to switch the left and the right button. If you have a hard time getting the mouse to go exactly were you want it to go, or if there are times (e.g. on a laptop) that you can hardly find your mouse cursor, where do you go to adjust these settings?
	You can triple click in Word to highlight a whole paragraph. But what do you do to highlight only the first letter of every sentence on a page?