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Welcome to Mouse Calisthenics!

These pages will teach you the basics of using a PC mouse. You will learn to:

  • Move the mouse
  • Click buttons
  • Doubleclick buttons
  • Use scrollbars, boxes, combo boxes, spinners and sliders.

    Please take note of the "Navigation" pane in the upper-right hand side. If you get stuck, you can press "B" to go BACK
    Click the orange 2 below. Here is how
    Hold the mouse like thisMove the mouse forward, backward, left and right onlyDon't twist the mouse!
    1. Rest the heel of your writing hand on the desk in front of the mouse (we assume right-hand)
    2. Hold the mouse between your thumb and ring and little fingers
    3. Slide the pointer of the arrow onto the orange 2--Don't turn the mouse.
    4. When the arrow becomes a pointing finger , hold the mouse very still.
    5. Lightly click the left mouse button with your index finger (see the picture at right).
    6. If the next page doesn't appear after you click, you aren't holding the mouse still when clicking.
        Click It ->  2  <- Click It



  • This tutorial is based on Mouserobics by Chris Rippel
    Central Kansas Library System
    Great Bend, Kansas