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The small pictures on the computer screen are called icons.

Parts of a Mouse Right

A computer mouse has two buttons and a button

wheel on it. These are:

1. Left button Scroll
2. Right button wheel

3. Scroll wheel
Left
Mouse Pointer button

When we move the mouse on a surface, an arrow-like shape

also moves on the monitor. It is called a mouse pointer. As
Mouse Pointer
we move the mouse, the pointer moves on the screen in
the same direction.

Mouse Pad
Mouse is kept on a mouse pad. It provides a soft and

flat surface to move the mouse easily.
Mouse Pad

HOLDING A MOUSE

A mouse should be held properly. The following picture shows the parts of

hand.

LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND

middle finger middle finger
index finger index finger

thumb thumb

palm palm

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