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2. Giving Commands with the Mouse, Trackpad, and Keyboard

Wallace Wang

(1)San Diego, California, USA

In Chapter 1, you learned the basics of using a mouse/trackpad to point and click to choose commands. Besides knowing how to use a mouse/trackpad, you also need to know how to type and edit text using a keyboard.

In general, the mouse/trackpad is the main way to give commands or manipulate items on the screen. The keyboard is the main way to create text or offer shortcuts to commonly used commands.

Once you understand how to move the pointer on the screen by moving the mouse (or sliding your finger across the trackpad surface), you need to know how ...

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