Sunday, July 18, 2004

Right Clicks and More Menus

When you begin using a Mac after being a long-time Windows user, the
first question you probably ask is why can't I right click ? In
Windows so many options show up when you right click that I usually
say if you can't find it, try right clicking and you might see the
option. After reading a number of help texts, here's what I found ....

1. When you hold down the Ctrl key while hovering over an item on
your screen, the mouse pointer might change to something that looks
like a Menu. That means that if you click on that item while holding
down the Ctrl key, you will see a different menu. Mind you, there are
some cases where you won't see that changed Menu item. So, it's
always worth holding down the Ctrl key and see if that gives you
anything.

2. The second thing I saw was that just holding down the mouse button
also brings up a menu. I have only seen this in Entourage 2004 as yet
(when trying to snooze reminders), but I try to do that also once in
a while. I guess if the item has a small arrow on the bottom right
corner, pointing downwards, it means that you should hold your mouse
button to bring up that menu.

Update : I also saw this when editing bookmarks in Firefox. For example, hold down your mouse button for a second when clicking a bookmark. You'll get a menu for editing it.

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