Selecting An Icon; Dragging - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Selecting an Icon

There are t w o types o f icons: desktop icons a n d w i ndow icons. Desktop i cons
incl ude floppy and hard disk drive icons, printer and cartri dge icons, and the trash
can icon. W i ndow icons include folder and fi l e icons ( w h i c h can be displayed as
e ither text or icons ) .
Take a moment to practice selec t i ng an i c o n . Move t h e pointer over t h e drive A
icon. Then, click the left mouse button once (thi s is cal led s i ngle-c licking). If
you ' ve done it right, the dri ve A icon i s selected, and appears h i g h lighted. Move
the pointer away from the icon, and c l i ck on an empty area on the desktop to
deselect the icon.
Singl e-clicking and Double-clicking
S i ngle-c li c k i ng selects and h ig h lights. You have already used s ingle-c l icking to
h ighlight the drive A icon. Double-cl i c k i ng combi nes two s i ngle-click actions i n
quick succession to both select a n d start a process, s u c h a s ope n i ng a fil e or
d i rectory.
Note: Use the Control Panel to adjust the responsiveness of the left mouse button
to your clicking speed. For more information , refer to Control Panel in Chapter
A
4, Guided Tour of the Desktop.
Now practice double-cl i ck i ng . Move the pointer over the dri ve A icon. Double­
c lick on the icon and the drive A d irectory appears in a w indow on the screen . To
close the d i rectory, c l ick on the Close button i n the upper left corner of the
w indow. For more i nformation on the C lose button , see
chapter.
D ragg i ng
Draggi ng w ith the mouse i s easy. A l l you need to do is select an i te m and move
the mouse whi le holding down the left mouse button . The selected object(s)
fol l o w the movement of the mouse.
Part
1/: Using the Desktop
Windows, l ater i n this
The Desktop
GEM
3-3