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Right-mouse button shortcut menus are a great way to give commands to Windows. You can display the clock's properties by right-clicking the clock icon. The shortcut menu for The Local Disk (c:) properties is the same as the left mouse button.

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Computerbasics Rightclicking

Right-mouse button shortcut menus are a great way to give commands to Windows. You can display the clock's properties by right-clicking the clock icon. The shortcut menu for The Local Disk (c:) properties is the same as the left mouse button.

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128 Computer Basics Training

Lesson 5-7: Using the Mouse:


Right-clicking
Figure 5-13
“Click!”
Right-clicking with the
Right-click
mouse. Press and release
the right mouse
Figure 5-14 button.

The shortcut menu for the Figure 5-14


Recycle Bin.
Figure 5-15 Figure 5-13

The shortcut menu for the


clock.
Figure 5-16
The Local Disk (C:)
Properties dialog box.

Figure 5-15

Figure 5-16

You already know that the left mouse button is the primary mouse button, used for clicking
and double-clicking, and it’s the mouse button you will use over 95 percent of the time when
you work with Windows. So what’s the right mouse button used for? Whenever you right-
click something, it brings up a shortcut menu that lists everything you can do to the object.
Whenever you’re unsure or curious about what you can do with an object, point to it and click
it with the right mouse button. A shortcut menu will appear with a list of commands related to
the object or area you right-clicked.
Right mouse button shortcut menus are a great way to give commands to Windows because
you don’t have to wade through several levels of menus to do something.

1. Move the pointer over the Recycle Bin icon and click the right mouse
button.
Recycle Bin
A shortcut menu appears with a list of commands related to the Recycle Bin, as shown
in Figure 5-14.
Right-click an object
to open a shortcut
menu of commands for
the object.

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2. Point to and click the Empty Recycle Bin option on the shortcut menu
with the left mouse button.
You still use the left mouse button to select menu items, even if they are found in a
right-mouse button shortcut menu. A dialog box appears, asking you if you are sure
you want to delete the contents of the Recycle Bin. Better play it safe and…
3. Click No with the left mouse button.
Next, you realize the clock displayed on the far right side of the taskbar is ten minutes
fast. You can display the clock’s properties by right-clicking the clock.
4. Move the pointer over the clock, located on the far right end of the
taskbar, and click the right mouse button.
Another shortcut menu appears, with commands related to the Windows clock, as Windows clock
shown in Figure 5-15.
Notice one of the commands listed on the shortcut menu is Adjust Date/Time. You
would select this menu item if you needed to adjust the date and/or time. But you don’t
want to adjust the date or time, so you can move on to the next step and close the
shortcut menu without selecting anything.
5. Click anywhere outside the shortcut menu with the left mouse button.
The final object we’ll right-click in this lesson is the computer’s Local Disk drive. To
get to the Local Disk Drive you have to open My Computer. My Computer
6. Click the Start button. Click My Computer from the menu.
The My Computer window opens, displaying the contents of your computer. You want
to see how much space is left on your computer’s local disk.
7. Right-click the Local Disk (C:) icon.
A shortcut menu appears, with a list of commands related to the local disk. Local Disk (C:)
8. Click the Properties option on the shortcut menu with the left mouse icon
button.
A dialog box appears, showing a graph that illustrates how much space is left on your
hard drive, as shown in Figure 5-16.
9. Click Cancel.
Quick Reference
The dialog box closes.
To Display an Object’s
You’re done! You’ve learned all the actions you can perform with the mouse: pointing,
Shortcut Menu:
clicking, double-clicking, clicking and dragging, and right-clicking. What an
accomplishment! • Point to the object and
click the right mouse
button. Select items from
the shortcut menu with
the left mouse button.
To Close a Shortcut Menu
Without Selecting
Anything:
• Click anywhere outside
the shortcut menu with
the left mouse button, or
press the <Esc> key.

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