Rome Library Mouse Tutorial computer


1. Pointing

Sliding the mouse on the mouse pad moves the pointer on the screen. Rest your hand on the mouse, move it slowly around the mouse pad, and see what happens to the arrow on the screen.


2. Clicking

Gently pressing the left mouse button, is one way to give the computer a command to do something. This is called clicking.



Words or text can also be links to other pages. Move the pointer this underlined word and notice that the arrow changes to a pointing hand. This means the text is also a link to another destination. Click the left mouse button to follow this link.