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Try This Logical Thinking
Match the mouse action on the left to its use on the right.
Action Use
Right-click • • to open a file or program
Scrolling • • to open a list of commands
Double-click • • to move screen contents up and down
Click and Drag • • to move an object from one position
to another
Database Subject Enrichment
The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1963. He called it
‘Computer-Aided Display Control’. He named it mouse only in 1970. The
first mouse was made of wood.
Post-Processing
A mouse is a pointing device.
It is used to point, move, and select text, icons, files and folders on
your computer.
A mouse has two buttons – left and right, and a scroll wheel.
A mouse should be kept on a mouse pad.
A small arrow that moves on the screen is called a mouse pointer.
The placement of fingers on the mouse are different for right-
handed and left-handed user.
The different mouse actions are Click, Double-click, Click and Drag,
and Scrolling.
INFO RETENTION
INFO RETENTION
A. Tick [3] the correct option.
1. The number of buttons on a mouse is ______.
one two three
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