Computer Mouse Tips:

Text editors and programs allow you to highlight all, or portions, of text using the Shift key and the mouse.

Place cursor at beginning of paragraph in a text editor, press Shift key and click at end of paragraph to highlight the full paragraph.



Holding down the shift key while scrolling up or down in an Internet browser will quickly go back and forward between web pages.

Zoom in and Out on a web page, word document, excel spreadsheet, by holding the Ctrl key and scrolling up to zoom in and down to zoom out.

Move Forwards and Backwards while browsing the Internet by holding down the Shift key and scrolling up and down.


A word can be selected by double-clicking it; if you want to highlight the whole paragraph, click the mouse button three times on any text.

To select any word, you can double-click and then drag your mouse to select one word at a time.


Right-click on a file or text and drag it while holding the right button, you will be given the option to move or copy that file or text.




To highlight different parts of a paragraph or web page, you could hold down the Ctrl key and select each section you wanted to copy.

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