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The mouse buttons

The mouse has three buttons, known as

Select, Menu

and Adjust:

The Select button is used most of the time to select icons displayed on the screen, or to

choose from menus.

The Menu button makes a

appear. Menus are described in Menus on page 23.

The Adjust button does a variety of things, mostly useful variants of what the Select

button does. Keeping a menu on the screen on page 25 includes one instance, and the

RISC OS 3 User and Applications Guide describes many more.

Mouse techniques

The following mouse techniques are all you need to start using your computer:

clicking – pressing the mouse button just once and then releasing it immediately.

double-clicking – pressing and releasing twice in quick succession. This is used to

initiate an action, or to load an application, for example.

dragging –

moving an object from one place to another whilst holding down the

Select (or Adjust) button.

Clicking and dragging techniques are summarised on the following pages.

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