Using The Mouse; Copying And Pasting Text With X; More To Come - Red Hat LINUX 7.2 Reference Manual

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Do not do routine tasks as root — use a regular user account unless you need
to use the root account to administer your system.
If you choose not to partition manually, a server installation will remove
all existing partitions on all installed hard drives. Do not choose this
installation class unless you are sure you have no data you need to save.

Using the Mouse

Red Hat Linux is designed to use a three-button mouse. If you have a two-button mouse, you should
have selected three-button emulation during the installation process. If you're using three-button em-
ulation, pressing both mouse buttons at the same time equates to pressing the missing third (middle)
button.
In this document, if you are instructed to click with the mouse on something, that means click the left
mouse button. If you need to use the middle or right mouse button, that will be explicitly stated. (This
will be reversed if you've configured your mouse to be used by a left handed person.)
The phrase "drag and drop" may be familiar to you. If you're instructed to drag and drop an item on
your GUI desktop, click on something and hold the mouse button down. While continuing to hold
down the mouse button, drag the item by moving the mouse to a new location. When you've reached
the desired location, release the mouse button to drop the item.

Copying and Pasting Text With X

Copying and pasting text is easy using your mouse and the X Window System. To copy text, simply
click and drag your mouse over the text to highlight it. To paste the text somewhere, click the middle
mouse button in the spot where the text should be placed.

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