Mouse Tricks - Commodore Amiga 500 User Manual

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Mouse Tricks
This
section describes
a couple
helpful techniques
of
mouse
manipulation that
may
save you
time
once you get
used to using Workbench
.
Extended
Selection is
a
technique
for selecting
more than
one icon
in the same
operation.
To use it
,
hold down the
Shift
key
while you select
icons. Release
the
Shift key
when you're
done
selecting:
You
may
use
Extended selection
to move several icons
as a group
,
retaining
their
relative positions
.
To do this
,
hold down
the
Shift
key
,
move
to
the
icons you
wish
to
select, and
press the Selection button
.
When
you select
the
final
icon to be moved, do not release the
Selection button.
Instead, release the Shift key. Now, while
still
holding
down the Selection
button,
move the
group of
icons to the new location.
Now
release
the Selection
button.
When you
use
extended
selection for Cleanup or Snapshot
,
the
entire
group
of
icons
you
selected
are affected.
Multiple
Choice
is
a
technique
for choosing
more than
one
menu item
in
the same
operation.
To use it, hold down the Menu button, then click the
Selection button
with the Pointer
over each of the
items
you want
to choose.
When
you're
done
choosing,
release the Menu button.
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Using
the Workbench

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