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Mouse Commands

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The mouse can be used for clicking, selecting, dragging and dropping.  In this article, find out how to effective use the mouse in AbsoluteTelnet/SSH
Selecting
  • Double-clicking selects an entire word.
  • Triple-clicking selects an entire line.
  • Quad-clicking selects an entire screen.
  • To select a portion of the screen to print or copy, hold down the primary mouse button in the AbsoluteTelnet window and drag the mouse.
  • If you drag the mouse out of the window, the screen will start to scroll.
  • The farther you drag the mouse off the screen, the faster the screen will scroll.
  • To continue the selection, hold down the Ctrl key and continue dragging.

Printing To print the current selection, choose the File/Print command or press the print button on the toolbar.


Copying To copy the current selection, choose the Edit/Copy command of press the copy button on the tollbar. Copying can also be done by pressing the Ctrl-Ins keyboard combination.
Last Updated on Friday, January 23, 2009 03:21 PM  

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