Wired Mouse

Wired Mouse

About

Plugging in one of our Wired USB Mice will allow you to use a computer's cursor by moving the mouse across a flat surface (like a table, not the screen).

Plugging it in

Located on your computer you should be able to find one of several USB ports(regardless of PC or Mac). It should have a USB Symbol by the port (pictured below) If you cannot, you either have an extremely old computer or all of your USB ports are being used by other devices. Look into a new computer or USB Hub as appropriate.

Once you have found a USB port, plug the mouse into the port. You shouldn't need to force it. If it doesn't go in easily, try rotating the cable.

Once it's plugged in, it should just work automatically (though you may need to wait several seconds) Don't plug in multiple mice into your computer. You can, and it won't cause problems, but you may receive strange results.

USB Symbol	USB Port	Nearly Installed Mouse

Using the Mouse

There are several useful buttons on the Mouse. A standard mouse will have a left click, a right click, and a scroll wheel. (mac mice will not have a right click. To access similar functionality, you will need to press control while clicking)

All functionality is subject to where the mouse is located and what application you are using. Depending on the application, the functionality could be something completely different. Most applications still will have some patterns in their design.

Using the Left click will typically activate something if you clicked on something important. Clicking on a button will cause it to do it's primary action.

You can spin the scroll wheel up and down. This will typically cause the application to scroll it's view higher or lower so you can see things that would normally be off screen. You will be using this while searching for things.

Right click is usually reserved for additional actions. While a left click will simply do the primary action, the right click will open a context menu that will show all that something can do. Right clicking on different things will open different context menus, and each object will have different options on those menus for you to choose from. Once the menu is open, you can move the cursor onto the menu and left click on one of those options to execute them. If you move the mouse away from the context menu, it will close automatically.

Context Menu