Right-Click

Another area of confusion for many people is what to do with the right button on their mouse. In truth, you can probably live the rest of your life without ever using the right button. But there are many situations where a right-click will provide you with a menu of common requests and shortcuts.

How to do it

1.     Position the pointer over the item you want to click.

2.     Press the right button

3.     Release the right button

It's safe and easy. Right-Clicking will not cause anything to happen immediately. Instead, you get a menu of options that is appropriate for the object on which you right-click. If you see an option that looks appealing, position the pointer over it and click again (with either left or right buttons). If you don’t see anything that you want to do and just want the menu box to disappear, left click somewhere else on the screen, or press the ESC button on your keyboard.

Try it now. Right-Click anything and take a look at some of the options. Right-Click different kinds of objects and you'll get different menus. This is true in almost any application that runs on a windows operating system.