Changing Your Mouse Settings

• Double click on the Mouse icon. The Mouse Properties dialog box will be displayed.
  
• Click on the Buttons tab. This is where you change the buttons on the mouse and the double click speed.

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• The top half of the box is where you click on radio buttons to change the mouse buttons from right handed to left handed.
• Click and drag on the indicator in the bottom half of the dialog box to change the double click speed.
• Double click on the box in the test area. If a jack-in-the-box appears then the speed is correct.
• Click on the Pointers tab. This allows you to set what your pointers look like.
  
• Click on the black down arrow next to the Scheme box. Select different schemes and see the difference in the pointers displayed in the bottom half of the dialog box.
• Return the pointer scheme to Windows Standard.
• Click on the Motion tab. This is where you specify how your mouse looks as it moves across the screen.
  
• Click and drag on the indicator for Pointer Speed to change it.
• Move the pointer around the screen and notice the difference.Set the speed indicator back to midway.
• Click in the box to set your pointer with Pointer Tails. Move the pointer around the screen and see the difference.
• Click in the box again to remove the pointer tails.
• Click on Cancel to exit the dialog box without saving any changes.