Combining Rubber-Banding And Shift-Clicking; Controlling The Pointer With Keystroke Combinations - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

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2.
Now hold down [ S h i ft] and position the pointer over the drive B icon. Cl ick the left
mouse button. Both the drive
Note: You must hold down [Shift] until all desired icons are selected. Once
you release [Shift] , no further icons can be added to the selected group. If
you attempt to select an icon after you release [Shift] , all previously
selected icons will be deselected.
3.
Move the pointer to a clear area of the desktop and click the left mouse button to
deselect the icons.
Combining Ru bber-banding and S hift-clicking
You can combine rubber-banding and shift-c l i c k i ng to select a group of icons,
then deselect any icons you don ' t want in the group.
Follow these steps to practice comb i n i ng the two methods of selec t i ng multiple
icons:
1 .
First, use rubber-banding to select both drive icons.
2.
Now use shift-cl icking to deselect the drive
h ighl ighted.
3.
Use sh ift-clicking to reselect the drive
4.
Move the pointer to a clear area of the desktop and cl ick the mouse button to deselect
the icons.
Contro l l i n g the Poi nter with Keystroke
Co m b i nations
You can control the poi nter, move, select, copy, etc . , u s i ng keystroke
combinations instead of the mouse.
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