Abby and Me

I was very handy when I had a mouse on my old PC but now I have a laptop and miss that mouse. I can't figure out how to do things that require a mouse, such as cut and paste or 'dragging' an item. Any tips would be appreciated.

Rachel, Thank you for listing the steps that Alice can take using her keyboard to accomplish cutting, copying and pasting.

Alice, I'm interested in having you adjust to the new mouse on your laptop. The touchpad mouse on the laptop is capable of doing exactly what the external mouse on your desktop used to do, but it isn't easy to figure out how to use it.

With the external mouse, you rest your hand on the mouse with your pointer on the left button of the mouse. That left button is what you use most of the time to single click, double click, and click and drag.

With the touchpad, you single click and double click with the left button that is below or to the right of the touchpad. To click and drag, you hold down that left button (with one hand) and then drag across the touch pad (with your other hand). Give that a try a few times and before you know it, you'll be clicking and dragging on the laptop just like you did with your old computer.

Let me know how it goes.

Best,

Abby