The mouse properties allow for the adjustment of the mouse double-click speed, the pointer movement speed, the pointer size, the use of mouse pointer trails and the ClickLock function.
Windows 7
- Select the Windows logo ‘Start’ button.
- Type the word ‘mouse’ and press the ‘Enter’ key.
- The mouse window should appear. To adjust the double-click speed, select and hold the slide bar located in the ‘Double-lick speed’ section, located about half way down the screen. Move the slide bar left to slow down the speed or right to speed it up.
- To enable the ClickLock function, select the checkbox labelled ‘Turn on ClickLock’, located towards the bottom of the window.
- To adjust the pointer size, select the ‘Pointers’ tab at the top of the window, then select the ‘Scheme’ pull-down bar located at the top of the window. Select an appropriately large pointer.
- To adjust the pointer speed and trails options, select the ‘Pointer Options’ tab at the top-middle of the window. To adjust the pointer speed, select and hold the first slide bar. Moving the bar left will slow down the speed, moving the bar right will speed it up. To add mouse trails, select the checkbox labelled ‘Display pointer trails’ located towards the bottom of the window under the ‘Visibility’ section.
- Select the ‘OK’ button.
Windows Vista
- Select the Windows logo ‘Start’ button.
- Select ‘Control Panel’.
- In the Control Panel, select ‘Hardware and sound’.
- Select ‘Mouse’.
- To adjust the double-click speed, select and hold the slide bar located in the ‘Double-lick speed’ section, located about half way down the screen. Move the slide bar left to slow down the speed or right to speed it up.
- To enable the ClickLock function, select the checkbox labelled ‘Turn on ClickLock’, located towards the bottom of the window.
- To adjust the pointer size, select the ‘Pointers’ tab at the top of the window, then select the ‘Scheme’ pull-down bar located at the top of the window. Select an appropriately large pointer.
- To adjust the pointer speed and trails options, select the ‘Pointer Options’ tab at the top-middle of the window. To adjust the pointer speed, select and hold the first slide bar. Moving the bar left will slow down the speed, moving the bar right will speed it up. To add mouse trails, select the checkbox labelled ‘Display pointer trails’ located towards the bottom of the window under the ‘Visibility’ section.
- Select the ‘OK’ button.
Windows XP
- Select the 'Start' button.
- Select 'Control Panel'
- In the Control Panel, select ‘Mouse’. If there is no ‘Mouse’ icon, you may need to switch Control Panel into Classic View. This can be done by selecting the words ‘Switch to Classic View’ located on the left-hand side.
- To adjust the double-click speed, select and hold the slide bar located in the ‘Double-lick speed’ section, located about half way down the screen. Move the slide bar left to slow down the speed or right to speed it up.
- To enable the ClickLock function, select the checkbox labelled ‘Turn on ClickLock’, located towards the bottom of the window.
- To adjust the pointer size, select the ‘Pointers’ tab at the top of the window, then select the ‘Scheme’ pull-down bar located at the top of the window. Select an appropriately large pointer.
- To adjust the pointer speed and trails options, select the ‘Pointer Options’ tab at the top-middle of the window. To adjust the pointer speed, select and hold the first slide bar. Moving the bar left will slow down the speed, moving the bar right will speed it up. To add mouse trails, select the checkbox labelled ‘Display pointer trails’ located towards the bottom of the window under the ‘Visibility’ section.
- Select the ‘OK’ button.
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