Office 2013 For Dummies
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You can control Microsoft Office 2013 with your mouse or your keyboard. The mouse actions in this table work whether you're using Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, or Outlook.

Mouse Button Used Action Purpose
Left mouse button Click Moves the cursor, highlights an object, pulls down a menu, or chooses a menu command
Left mouse button Double-click Highlights a word or edits an embedded object
Left mouse button Triple-click Highlights a paragraph
Left mouse button Drag Moves an object, resizes an object, highlights text, or highlights multiple objects
Wheel mouse button Click Automatically scrolls a document when you move the mouse up or down
Wheel mouse button Roll Scrolls a document up or down
Right mouse button Right-click Displays a shortcut pop-up menu

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Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of several dozen computer books including Office For Dummies and Beginning Programming For Dummies. Besides writing computer books, Wallace also enjoys performing stand-up comedy just to do something creative that involves human beings as opposed to machines.

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