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using pc help & tools The PC Help & Tools folder (select models only) in the All Programs menu contains special utilities for PC owners. This folder also contains any onscreen guides included with your PC. To see the items in the PC Help & Tools folder: 1 Click Start on the taskbar. 2 Choose All Programs. 3 Choose PC Help & Tools. 4 Click an item to view it or use it. NOTE: If there are no guide titles listed in PC Help & Tools, your PC has no onscreen guides. using the mouse Your PC includes a mouse for directing the cursor (pointer) on the Windows desktop. The mouse uses a roller ball or optics (a light and sensor) to sense movement and cause the cursor on the screen to move. Use the mouse on a flat surface. NOTE: The optical mouse cannot work on a glass, translucent, or reflective surface. A wireless mouse (select models only) is an optical mouse that uses a receiver/transmitter, instead of a connector cable, to communicate with your PC. A light on the receiver indicates receiver activity. Refer to "wireless keyboard set" on page 23 for receiver indicator information. NOTE: The wireless mouse goes into a sleep or suspend mode after 20 minutes of inactivity. Click a button on the mouse to wake it. (Moving the wireless mouse does not wake it.) The mouse has two or three buttons on the top. • Click the left mouse button to position the cursor or to select an item. • Click the right mouse button to display a menu of commands for the item you clicked. • On select models, use the scroll wheel button in the center for scrolling and panning. learning the basics 19

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learning the basics
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using pc help & tools
The PC Help & Tools folder (select models only) in the All Programs menu
contains special utilities for PC owners. This folder also contains any onscreen
guides included with your PC.
To see the items in the PC Help & Tools folder:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar.
2
Choose
All Programs
.
3
Choose
PC Help & Tools
.
4
Click an item to view it or use it.
NOTE:
If there are no guide titles listed in PC Help & Tools, your PC has no
onscreen guides.
using the mouse
Your PC includes a mouse for directing the cursor (pointer) on the Windows
desktop. The mouse uses a roller ball or optics (a light and sensor) to sense
movement and cause the cursor on the screen to move. Use the mouse on a
flat surface.
NOTE:
The optical mouse cannot work on a glass, translucent, or reflective
surface.
A wireless mouse (select models only) is an optical mouse that uses a
receiver/transmitter, instead of a connector cable, to communicate with your
PC. A light on the receiver indicates receiver activity. Refer to “wireless
keyboard set“ on page 23 for receiver indicator information.
NOTE:
The wireless mouse goes into a sleep or suspend mode after 20 minutes of
inactivity. Click a button on the mouse to wake it. (Moving the wireless mouse
does not wake it.)
The mouse has two or three buttons on the top.
•
Click the left mouse button to position the cursor or to select an item.
•
Click the right mouse button to display a menu of commands for the item you
clicked.
•
On select models, use the scroll wheel button in the center for scrolling and
panning.