HP A6430f Getting Started - Page 41

Panning, Changing Mouse Settings, Switching mouse button functions, Changing mouse pointer speed

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Panning 1 Place the cursor anywhere in the document, and then press and hold down the scroll wheel button. 2 Slowly move the mouse in the direction you want to pan. The farther that you move the mouse from the starting point, the faster the document pans. 3 To stop panning, release the scroll wheel button. NOTE: Panning works only if the horizontal scroll bar in the window is active. Panning does not work with some software programs. Changing Mouse Settings Switching mouse button functions To switch the functions of the right and left mouse buttons for left-handed use: 1 Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Click Hardware and Sound, if it is present. 4 Click Mouse. 5 Click the Buttons tab, and check Switch primary and secondary buttons. 6 Click Apply (using the new primary button), and then click OK. Changing mouse pointer speed To change the speed of the cursor on the screen relative to the motion of the mouse: 1 Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Click Hardware and Sound, if it is present. 4 Click Mouse. 5 Click the Pointer Options tab. 6 In the Motion area, use the slider to adjust the pointer speed. You can select other pointer options by placing a check in the check box next to the setting that you want. 7 Click Apply, and then click OK. Using the Mouse 31

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Using the Mouse
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Panning
1
Place the cursor anywhere in the document, and then press and hold down the scroll
wheel button.
2
Slowly move the mouse in the direction you want to pan. The farther that you move the
mouse from the starting point, the faster the document pans.
3
To stop panning, release the scroll wheel button.
Changing Mouse Settings
Switching mouse button functions
To switch the functions of the right and left mouse buttons for left-handed use:
1
Click the
Windows Start Button
on the taskbar.
2
Click
Control Panel
.
3
Click
Hardware and Sound
, if it is present.
4
Click
Mouse
.
5
Click the
Buttons
tab, and check
Switch primary and secondary buttons
.
6
Click
Apply
(using the new primary button), and then click
OK
.
Changing mouse pointer speed
To change the speed of the cursor on the screen relative to the motion of the mouse:
1
Click the
Windows Start Button
on the taskbar.
2
Click
Control Panel
.
3
Click
Hardware and Sound
, if it is present.
4
Click
Mouse
.
5
Click the
Pointer Options
tab.
6
In the Motion area, use the slider to adjust the pointer speed. You can select other
pointer options by placing a check in the check box next to the setting that you want.
7
Click
Apply
, and then click
OK
.
NOTE:
Panning works only if the horizontal scroll bar in the window is active. Panning
does not work with some software programs.