HP Pavilion 500 HP Pavilion Desktop PCs - (English) Quick Start Guide 5990-527 - Page 38

Using the Mouse

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Using the Mouse Your PC includes a mouse. When you move the mouse, its roller ball moves and causes the cursor on the screen to move. Use the mouse on a flat surface. You may have an optical mouse that uses a light, instead of a roller ball, to sense movement. Use the optical mouse on an opaque surface. Note: The optical mouse cannot work on a glass, translucent, or reflective surface. Some computers include a scrolling mouse. Like an ordinary mouse, the scrolling mouse has two 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 available for the item you clicked. Scroll wheel button Left button Right button You can change the configuration of these two mouse buttons for left-handed use. Refer to "Reverse your mouse buttons" in the onscreen Help and Support Center. 12 HP Pavilion home PC

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HP Pavilion home PC
Using the Mouse
Your PC includes a mouse. When you move
the mouse, its roller ball moves and causes the
cursor on the screen to move. Use the mouse
on a flat surface.
You may have an optical mouse that uses a
light, instead of a roller ball, to sense movement.
Use the optical mouse on an opaque surface.
Note:
The optical mouse cannot work on a glass,
translucent, or reflective surface.
Some computers include a scrolling mouse.
Like an ordinary mouse, the scrolling mouse
has two 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 available for the item you clicked.
Left button
Right button
Scroll wheel button
You can change the configuration of these
two mouse buttons for left-handed use. Refer to
“Reverse your mouse buttons” in the onscreen
Help and Support Center.