- [Instructor] Using a mouse or a touch pad to point
and click on something is pretty standard,
but most modern mice and touch pads have more functionality.
First, let's talk about the right click.
Most mice have two buttons,
one on the right and one on the left.
So if you have that,
then clicking the button on the left is the primary click,
the main action that you use to select or drag something.
So for example, if I want to open the start menu,
I would do a normal click on the start button
using the left button on my mouse.
But if I click on the start button using the right button
on my mouse, I get this different menu.
So clicking on the right button on your mouse
activates a secondary action, usually a menu like this,
and we call this a right click.
And that menu is contextual,
which means you get a different menu depending
on what you right click on.
So if I right click on the desktop,
I get a different right-click menu.
If your mouse or touchpad does not have two buttons,
there are ways to get the secondary click.
Sometimes the top of the mouse is touch sensitive.
Even though it only has one button,
it can sense whether you are clicking on the left
or right side.
So give that a try.
And some touch pads will do the secondary click
if you place two fingers on the touch pad and then tap.
Or sometimes you need to click the bottom right corner
of the touch pad.
So that's the right click.
Another thing you can usually do with your mouse or touchpad
is scroll on a page.
So for example,
if I go to the start menu and go to the all apps button,
I have this list of all of the applications on my computer.
And this list is longer than what fits on the screen.
To address this, some mice will have a ball or a wheel
or just a touch sensitive space on the top.
Rolling up and down on that will scroll up and down
on the page.
And if you have a touch pad,
you can usually do this by placing two fingers
on the touch pad, and then don't click,
but just swipe up and down with those two fingers.
Depending on your mouse or touch pad,
there may be other features that you can take advantage of,
and you can explore some of those other options
by going into settings.
Now, since I'm already here in the list of all applications
in the start menu, I'll open up settings from here.
Then I want to go to the Bluetooth and devices category
over on the left.
And if you have a mouse on your computer,
you'll have a sub category for that.
And if you have a touch pad, you'll have that subcategory.
I happen to have both.
So let's start by going into the touch pad settings.
And first I want to open up these taps options.
You'll see there is an option here,
which is already enabled, that lets me do a right click
by simply tapping with two fingers on the touch pad.
Also, some people prefer to do a normal click
with just a light tap on the surface of the touch pad.
And that option is on by default as well.
And there are some other options here
for how scrolling works.
And there are some gestures that you can activate
by swiping with three or four fingers on the touch pad.
So if you have a touch pad,
you should go through these and set it up to work
the way you want.
Or if you have a mouse,
you can go back to the Bluetooth and devices category,
then go to the mouse subcategory.
And this is where you can swap your primary and secondary
mouse buttons, if you need to do that.
And you can adjust some scrolling settings,
but really these settings are optional.
The right click is very important
and that's the one I really wanted you to remember here.
Everything else here is just extra stuff if you want it.