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]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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. 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