Choprer One: lntroduction.... Special Features ...................1 Overview.... .........1 ...................1 ................2 .......................3 Hardware Software..... System Requirements................ Chopfer Two: Setting Registration Up .........5 To Install the Turbo Mouse Software..... To Install the Turbo Mouse Hardware Using Turbo Mouse Hardware Positioning Your Turbo Mouse Trackball.... Securing Your Turbo Mouse Trackball.... Chopter Three: Using Turbo Mouse Soffwore.
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Chopter Three: Using Turbo Mouse Sofhrqre This chapter describes each of the Turbo Mouse software functions in detail. Feel free to experiment on screen as you read through the detailed descriptions belor,v. The Turbo Mouse ConlrolWindow With the Turbo Mouse sofrrvare, you can customize the actions of your Turbo \Iouse trackball and other Macintosh input devices. Double-click the Turbo Mouse Control icon to load the program. The Turbo Mouse title window will appear first.
Chopter 3: Using furbo Mouse Softwore As you position the cursor on a particular feature, the Turbo Mouse Help window will display a brief description of that function. you can move this window to any convenient place on screen. To turn off Help, click the close box of the window. If you are running System 7 , yot can also use Balloon Help or Turbo Mouse Control Help in the Balloon Help menu. In the upper right hand corner of the Turbo Mouse Control wind.ow there are two icons.
Chopter 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore "Enhanced" vs. Normal Mouse Features Your Turbo Mouse trackball has many features not found in normal mouse devices. For example, Enhanced Acceleration, Enhanced Mouse Buttons and Enhanced Chord Speed are options that apply onl1, to 1'or-rr Turbo llouse trackball. Horvever, )'ou carl use other commands of the Turbo Mouse software for both Turbo \Iouse and normal mouse devices. Cursor Keys and Double-Click Speed are common to both.
Chopier 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softrvore or to move across large screens, or to move between screens when using more than one monitor. To change the acceleration for Turbo Mouse or normal mouse devices: 1. Move the appropriate acceleration scroll box to the right to increase the speed at which the cursor moves on screen. Move it to the left to decrease cursor speed. E l';llxt1:l"c*tn:l re 2. For both Turbo Mouse and normal mouse devices there are ten possible speed positions at this level.
Chopter 3: Using furbo Mouse Softwore \Arhen you click Custom, you can use the two scroll bars to fine tune the acceleration when you are moving your mouse device slo'lvly and when you are moving it quickly. This same window has a graph that lets you modify the acceleration curve directly. Finally, more experienced users can click the Tzrble button to enter acceleration lalues.
Chopter 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore The Moving slowly scroll bar adjusts the acceleration of the cursor when you are moving the mouse device slowly. Move the scroll bar to the right for faster acceleration or to the left for slower acceleration. Your changes take place immediately. Moving Quickly acts the same as Moving Slowly but applies to when you are moving your device quickly.
Chopter 3: Using furbo Mouse Softwore i) .i*l&,. &ii{ ! ,t Sta*datd; SCr:fr9tu,rt}$ retu'r',nr to Sia optir:ns dm,fa*e,,*1&,i Clicking the Table button opens a\vindorv that allor,vs experienced users to create and experiment t'ith different $'pes of acceleration cunres. Appendix D describes this feature iu more detail. Enhonced Mouse Butlons In the Enhanced Mouse Buttons section of the Turbo Nlouse Control rvindorv, there are three icons.
Chopter 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore Lock Button Down - This command locks the button down. This is useful whenever you need to drag, scroll, highlight large blocks of text, etc. It makes holding the button dorvn and moving the ball at the same time unnecessary. Click this button once to lock the butto, dorvn, click either Turbo Mouse button to release. If the Show Button command is on, you will see the indicator in the menu bar that the mouse button is down.
Chopler 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore You can use a single key or a combination of the modifier keys and another key, such as Shift, Option, Command, Control and Caps Lock. They are represented as ryrnbols shown below. A dot is also inserted between each character for clarity. +- Shitl kes ;| - f,.
Chopler 3: Using furbo Mouse Softwore 4. The next time you click the button to which you assigned Send String, you will send a Print command. There will be no need to tlpe Return or click OK The string you last accepted in the Learn Send String window will remain until you replace it. This allows you to temporarily switch the button to a different function and then switch back to sending the last string you accepted. The string you send may also be a block of text you define.
Chopter 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore Brilliant Cursor - The Brilliant Cursor command allows the cursor to jump to predefined points on screen. These points are known as HotSpots. (How to define vour own HotSpots is described later in Chapter 4: More Turbo Mouse Software Options.) The Brilliaut Cursor command is very useful for quickly getting to frequently used areas on the desktop, such as the File and Edit menus and the Trash icon. It is also useful for navigating large monitors.
Chopler 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore The Axis-Only command can be useful for placing objects in exact locations on screen, especially in drawing, graphics or page layout applications. Cursor Keys Cursor Keys are special commands that are executed when 1,ou hold donn one of the modifier keys on your keyboard, Shift, Option, Control, Command, r,vhile simultaneously moving your mouse device. Cursor Key commands affect both Turbo Mouse and normal mouse devices.
Chopler 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore Combining Commonds It is possible to combine a Cursor Kel,command with an Enhanced \Iouse Br-rtton command. To do this, one cornmand must be assigned to an Enhanced \,Iouse Button and the other to a Cursor Ket'. First hold dorr'n the br-rtton, then the particular modifier ke1', atrd move the ball. \br-r can esperiment with combinations to find effective ones for voLr.
Chopter 3: Using Turbo Mouse Softwore To test your position, double-click the Turbo Mouse icon. When the buttons on the Turbo Mouse icon flash, you have a proper adjustment. If they do not flash, the setting is not right for your normal Double-Click Speed. Move the scroll box, and test until you find the speed that's comfortable for you. Enhqnced Chord Speed Using Enhanced Chord Speed helps you adjust the ease with which you chord. Chording is pressing both buttons at once-like playrng a chord on a piano.
