** File: Mouse.hlp
** Index: 8

** Content: Using mouse and emulated mouse


Û  Using the mouse

  The mouse controls a pointer on the
screen.  You move the pointer by sliding
the mouse over a flat surface in the
direction you want the pointer to move.
You should not press the mouse button when
you move the mouse.  If you run out of
room to move the mouse, simply lift it and
the put it down in a convenient spot.  The
pointer doesn't move while the mouse is in
the air.  Most mice have two or three
buttons: you can either use the left
button or the right button for most tasks
in TechPlot.  Moving the mouse and
pressing the mouse button are the only
actions involved in the basic skills of
pointing, clicking, and dragging.

  þ  Pointing

    Moving the mouse to place the pointer
  over an item is called pointing.

  þ  Clicking

    Pointing to an item on your screen and
  then quickly pressing and releasing the
  mouse button is called clicking.  You
  select menu items or objects in Plot View
  by clicking.  Double-clicking -- pointing
  to an item and quickly pressing the mouse
  twice -- is a convenient shortcut for
  formatting many of the plot objects in
  the Plot View.

  þ  Dragging

    Holding down the mouse button as you
  move the pointer is called dragging.
  You can use this technique to select a
  block of cells in the Sheet View or move
  an object around in the Plot View.


Û  Using emulated mouse

  If no mouse is installed on your
computer, TechPlot will provide you with
an emulated mouse.  The emulated mouse
cursor is a cross sign.  It is operated
by the following keys on your keyboard:

  <Arrow>       Move the emulated mouse
                cursor in the Plot View.

  <Shift+Arrow> Move the emulated mouse
                cursor in all views.

  <Ctrl+Arrow>  Move the emulated mouse
                cursor by large step size.

  <+>           Increase the step size.

  <->           Decrease the step size.

  <Ins>         Press the emulated mouse
                button. For most cases,
                the first <ins> for mouse
                button down and the second
                <Ins> for moue button up.

  <Space>       Move the cursor from one
                button to the next in the
                Tool Box and Color Palette.

  <Home>        Move cursor in up-left
  <Shift+Home>  direction.

  <End>         Move cursor in down-left
  <Shift+End>   direction.

  <PgUp>        Move cursor in up-right
  <Shift+PgUP>  direction.

  <PgDn>        Move cursor in down-right
  <Shift+PgDn>  direction.

  <Ctrl+Home>   Move cursor in up-left
                direction by large step
                size.

  <Ctrl+End>    Move cursor in down-left
                direction by large step
                size.

  <Ctrl+PgUp>   Move cursor in up-right
                direction by large step
                size.

  <Ctrl+PgDn>   Move cursor in down-right
                direction by large step
                size.

NOTE:
  In some cases, if the active view has
trapped these key down messages, these
general rules may not be followed.

  For example:
    In the Sheet View, the <Home>, <End>,
    <PgUp> and <PgDn> key down message
    will be trapped for fast data sheet
    scrolling. The emulated mouse cursor
    will not be moved by these keys.

