Thanks for your willingness to share tips.  However, people (like myself and
classmates) have been using it.  So I don't think it's a secret.

>From: george sarr <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: My Windows Tip Of The Day
>Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:15:17 -0400
>
>Step # 4 should have read:
>4.Simply place your mouse pointer slightly above or below the circle to
>scroll up or down, seamlessly (i.e handsfree). Move the pointer side by
>side to the circle to stop scrolling. Make sense?
>
>george sarr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Folks,
> > I would like to share this Windows tip because I think many of you might
> >find it very useful. First, let me give credit to my 18 month old
>daughter.
> >Yes, kids do the darnest thing but you'll be surprised what you can learn
> >from them at times. To make a long story short, my daughter was playing
> >around with my laptop and before I was able to get her off the machine,
>she
> >had already pressed a button. Boy, she is quick! Suddenly something pop
>up
> >on the screen and it looked like a circle and within the cirlce you have
> >UP and DOWN arrows with a bold dot in between. I went holy cow, did she
>do that! Upon investigating, I found out exactly what she did.
> >
> >She accidentally pressed her index finger right on that middle line(or
>gap) that separates the left and right mouse buttons. This triggers the
> >seamless mouse scroller function, a feature I am willing to bet is one of
> >many Microsoft Windows secrets, perhaps undocumented. The reason I say
> >that is because Microsoft makes a lot of money selling that IntelliMouse
> >(retails for $49) whose primary feature is that it gives you an extra
> >mouse button in the middle so you can seamlessly scroll and peruse
>through
> >lenghthy documents/webpages without the burden of having to click or drag
> >the conventional scrollbar.
> >
> >So for those people using a standard 2button mouse, this tip may save you
> >a buck or two. So far I've only tested this in Windows 98. Please let me
> >know how it works if you are using other windows operating systems such
>as
> >windows95/2000 or XP.
> >
> >1.Also note that in order for this to work , you first open a document,
>be
> >  it e-mail or webpage.
> >2.Then single-click (left click) anywhere on the document. [This step may
> >  be unnecessary in some cases but it does tell the mouse that is page
>you
> >  want to scroll(it activates the page)].
> >3.Then you press the area between the two mouse buttons using your index
> >  finger. This pops up the scrolling feature, and depending on the mouse
> >  you use(Touchpad or 2Button).
> >4.Simply drag your mouse up or down to peruse through your docs/webpages.
> >
> >This feature is not limited to documents only. You can peruse through you
> >important files and folders too.The function's icon however changes when
> >using files and folders. Hope this works for all of you. If it doesn't e-
> >mail me in private. If you already knew this trick, then please forgive
>me
> >and my daughter. For me, the lesson learned here is as parents,we
>sometimes
> >tend to be too strict when kids play around with our expensive toys but
>we
> >should never underestimate these kids for you just might not know what
>you
> >can learn from them. Let them explore and experiment a little. For
>instance
> >the other, my daughter took my pen and ran away. Thinking that she was
> >going to make a big mess on the wall, I ran after her. Well, this time
>she
> >took the paper in my hand and ran again. Kids! Yes, a finally sat and
> >watched while she writes, perhaps telling me to back off. Sure it wasn't
> >English, Arabic or Hieroglyphics. Point in case is she was writing. She
> >held the pen at a 45 dgree angle, between her thumb and right index
> >finger. Wow!
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >
> >
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