April 2002
Beginner
640 pages
27h 54m
English
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Name
Mouse Properties
Synopsis
Change settings that affect the behavior of your pointing device and the appearance of the mouse cursor.
To Open
Control Panel → [Printers and Other Hardware] → Mouse
Command Prompt →
control main.cpl
Command Prompt →
control mouse
Description
The Mouse Properties dialog controls the buttons and motion of your pointing device and the appearance of the various mouse cursors, such as the arrow and hourglass. Settings are distributed into the following sections:
- Buttons
The three settings on this page allow you to switch the left and right mouse buttons (useful for southpaws or those with unusual pointing devices), change the speed at which items respond to double-clicks, and control the ClickLock feature (which enables dragging without having to hold down any buttons).
- Pointers
The Pointers tab lets you choose how your mouse pointer looks. This affects not only the standard arrow cursor, but the hourglass, the arrow/hourglass combination, all of the resize arrows, and even the hand cursor used in Internet Explorer. Cursors that ship with Windows are stored in the \Windows\Cursors folder and additional cursors are available on the Internet from such web sites as http://www.anicursor.com/. You can also get a cursor editor, allowing you to create your own static and animated mouse pointers (try AX-Cursors, at http://www.axialis.com/axcursors/, or Microangelo, at http://www.impactsoftware.com)(see Figure 4-55).
Figure 4-55. Choosing custom mouse pointers can ...
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