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Part I: Getting to Know Windows 7

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Mouse pointer

Figure 1-5

4. Try out the mouse or touchpad buttons in the following

ways:

• Move the mouse pointer on top of an icon or gadget

on the desktop, such as the Recycle Bin. Let the

mouse pointer sit there for a moment — this is

hovering — you may see a pop-up message (called

a tooltip) with information about the icon you

hover over. Press and release (click) the left mouse

button. This action highlights, or selects, that icon

or gadget. As you work with menus, which are lists

of items (see Chapter 3), you put the mouse

pointer on the menu item you intend to use and

then click the left mouse button to select the item.

In this book, when you see the words point or

hover, they mean move the mouse pointer to the

specified location but don’t click. The word click

means a single, quick press and release of the left

mouse button. A double-click is two rapid clicks of

the left mouse button. A right-click is a single

press and release of the right mouse button.

• Place the mouse pointer on an icon and then

double-click the left mouse button to open the

object associated with that icon, such as an e-mail

program or a document that you want to read,

edit, or print.

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