You will use the following mouse techniques to do just about all of the tasks in this chapter.

·                       Click to select or activate something

·                       Press to cause a continuous action

·                       Drag to select, choose from a menu or move something

·                       Shift-Click to select or to extend or reduce a selection

·                       Ctrl-Click to select or to extend or reduce a selection

·                      Double click to get information about an object

To Click

Position the pointer on what you want to select or activate

Press and quickly release the mouse button

To Press

Position the pointer on something

Without moving the mouse, press and hold down the mouse button

The effects of pressing continue as long as the mouse button is held down. Pressing on a scroll arrow results in continuous scrolling. Pressing on a menu title pulls down the menu and keeps it down until you release the mouse button.

To Drag

Position the pointer on something

Press and hold down the mouse button and move the mouse

Release the mouse button

To Shift-Click

Shift-click is used to extend or reduce the selection of joints and members

Hold down the shift key and click on the joints or members you wish to add to the selection or which you wish to remove from the selection

To Ctrl-Click

Ctrl-Click is used to extend or reduce the selection of joints and members

Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the joints or members you wish to add to the selection or which you wish to remove from the selection

To double click

Double click is used to get information about a joint or member in the Frame window

Point to the item you wish to double click and then click twice quickly in succession without moving the mouse.