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Using the Mouse
The system’s mouse is a PS/2-compatible tracking device that controls the movement and
positioning of the pointer (or cursor) displayed on the screen in a graphical display
environment. The basic techniques for using the mouse are as follows:
Action
Description
Point
Move the mouse to point to your selection on the screen.
Click
Press and release the left mouse button once.
Double-click
Press and release the left mouse button twice.
Drag
Press and hold the left mouse button, then move the mouse. Release the
button when you finish dragging your selection to a new location.
Right click
Press and release the right mouse button once.
Scroll
On a wheel mouse, move the wheel back and forth to scroll in an application.
To use the mouse, make sure it is properly connected to the system. Place the mouse on a
clean, flat surface, such as a desktop or a mouse pad. Move the mouse across the flat surface
to move the pointer across the screen.
You can find information on using the mouse by right-clicking the mouse icon in the taskbar
tray, or by going to Start/Settings/Control Panel/Mouse and clicking Help in the toolbar.
Using the Floppy Disk Drive
The system’s floppy disk drive occupies a 3.5-inch external peripheral device bay, and is
accessible through a 3.5-inch slot on the front of the base unit. The drive accepts standard
3.5-inch 720 KB and 1.44 MB diskettes.
Follow these guidelines to use the floppy disk drive:
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To insert a diskette into the drive, position the diskette so the arrow embossed on the
diskette faces up. Slide the diskette into the floppy disk slot, and push it into the drive
until it clicks into place and the eject button next to the slot pops out.
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Before removing a diskette, ensure the drive LED is not lit. The LED lights green to
indicate floppy disk drive activity.
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Remove the diskette by pushing the eject button adjacent to the floppy disk slot, and then
pulling the diskette out of the drive.
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To protect the data on a diskette from being overwritten or erased, slide the write-protect
tab on the diskette toward the diskette edge until it snaps into place. To write data to a
diskette, ensure the write-protect opening is covered.
