Mouse
All of the icons, buttons, and menus in Windows make the mouse a very important tool. And the Mouse program is its configuration headquarters (Figure 8-16).
Buttons Tab
This tab offers three useful controls: button configuration, double-click speed, and ClickLock.
Button configuration
This checkbox is for people who are left-handed and keep their mouse on the left side of the keyboard. Turning on this checkbox lets you switch the functions of the right and left mouse buttons, so that your index finger naturally rests on the primary button (the one that selects and drags).
Double-click speed
Double-clicking isn’t a very natural maneuver. If you double-click too slowly, the icon you’re trying to open remains stubbornly closed. Or worse, if you accidentally double-click an icon’s name instead of its picture, Windows sees your double-click as two single clicks, which tells Windows that you’re trying to rename the icon.
The difference in time between a double-click and two single clicks is usually well under a second. That’s an extremely narrow window, so let Windows XP know what you consider to be a double-click by adjusting this slider. The left end of the slider bar represents 0.9 seconds, and the right end represents 0.1 seconds. If you need more time between clicks, move the slider to the left; by contrast, if your reflexes are highly tuned (or you drink a lot of coffee), try sliding the slider to the right.
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