THE HEALTH AND SAFETY UNIT Reducing Mouse usage Support for University DSE Assessors Assessors have found that a number of staff have reported various symptoms related to mouse use. It is better to avoid such symptoms occurring if possible, and one way of doing that is to reduce mouse use. Many people are unaware that Windows XP does have quite extensive keyboard shortcuts, and alternatives to the default mouse settings that can significantly reduce mouse handling. Staff mentioning muscular tension in the mouse hand can be given a copy of the following information, and encouraged to choose the alternative settings and shortcuts that are most relevant and helpful to them. There are also features built into Windows XP called Accessibility, which can help staff with physical difficulties make full use of computing facilities. Staff and Assessors can contact the H&S Unit for more information on Accessibility. Suggestions to reduce Mouse use Change the mouse settings to enable items to be selected by pointing cursor, and single click to open item. 1) In start menu choose Settings, then Control Panel 2) In Control Panel double click Folder Options 3) Choose the General Tab and select Click items as follows 4) Click the box to select Single click to open items (point to select) click Apply to make the settings active and click OK to exit. 1
Adjust the Double Click Speed of the Mouse You can adjust the double click speed of the mouse to make it respond faster or slower to meet your accessibility needs. This procedure tells you how to adjust the double click speed of the mouse through Mouse Properties in Control Panel. Mouse actions 1 On the Start menu: Select Control Panel Keyboard actions Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key ). Select Control Panel by pressing C. 2 In Control Panel: Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View. Select Mouse. In Control Panel: Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB. Move to Mouse by pressing the arrow keys. 3 In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under Double click speed: Select the double click speed you want by moving the Speed slider arrow left for slower and right for faster. Select OK. In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under Double click speed: Move to the Speed slider by pressing D. Select the speed you want by moving the slider arrow with the RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW. 4 To close Control Panel: Select the Close button. To close Control Panel: Press ALT+F, C. 2
Control Panel: Mouse: Buttons tab: Double click speed 3
ClickLock: Highlight or Drag Without Holding Down the Mouse Button To highlight or drag without holding the mouse button you can select the ClickLock option. This procedure tells you how to turn on ClickLock through Mouse Properties in Control Panel. Mouse actions 1 On the Start menu: Select Control Panel Keyboard actions Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key ). Select Control Panel by pressing C. 2 In Control Panel: Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View. Select Mouse. In Control Panel: Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB. Move to Mouse by pressing the arrow keys. 3 In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under ClickLock: Select the Turn on ClickLock check box. Select the ClickLock Settings button. In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under ClickLock: Select Turn on ClickLock by pressing T. Select the ClickLock Settings button by pressing E. 4 In the Settings for ClickLock dialog box: Adjust how long you need to hold down a mouse or trackball button before your click is locked by moving the slider arrow. Click OK twice. In the Settings for ClickLock dialog box: Adjust how long you need to hold down a mouse or trackball button before your click is locked by moving the slider using the RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW keys. Move to the OK button by pressing TAB. 5 To close Control Panel: To close Control Panel: 4
Select the Close button. Press ALT+F, C. Control Panel: Mouse: Buttons tab: ClickLock: Turn on ClickLock 5
Keyboard Shortcuts to reduce mouse use List of some keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP. General Keyboard Shortcuts CTRL+C (Copy) CTRL+X (Cut) CTRL+V (Paste) CTRL+Z (Undo) DELETE (Delete) SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) F2 key (Rename the selected item) CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph) CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text) SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document) 6
CTRL+A (Select all) F3 key (Search for a file or a folder) ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item) ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program) ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object) ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window) CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously) ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items) ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened) F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop) F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer) SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item) ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window) CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu) ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu) Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command) F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program) RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu) LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu) 7
F5 key (Update the active window) BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer) ESC (Cancel the current task) SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD- ROM from automatically playing) Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs) CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs) TAB (Move forward through the options) SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options) ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option) ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button) SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box) Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons) F1 key (Display Help) F4 key (Display the items in the active list) BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box) 8
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off) Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off) Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off) SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off) NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off) Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager) Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts END (Display the bottom of the active window) HOME (Display the top of the active window) NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder) NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder) NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder) LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder) RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder) 9
Shortcut Keys for Character Map After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts: RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line) LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line) UP ARROW (Move up one row) DOWN ARROW (Move down one row) PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time) PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time) HOME (Move to the beginning of the line) END (Move to the end of the line) CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character) CTRL+END (Move to the last character) SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected) Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box) CTRL+E (Open the Search bar) CTRL+F (Start the Find utility) CTRL+H (Open the History bar) CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar) 10
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box) CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address) CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L) CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box) CTRL+R (Update the current Web page) CTRL+W (Close the current window) Other Information Some keyboard shortcuts may not work if StickyKeys is turned on in Accessibility Options. Some of the Terminal Services client shortcuts that are similar to the shortcuts in Remote Desktop Sharing are not available when you use Remote Assistance in Windows XP Home Edition. Some of the other Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that have similar information as this article are: 126449 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 255090 Keystroke Navigation in Windows 2000 Help Refer to Help for the most current information regarding keyboard navigation and visit the following Microsoft Accessibility Web site for additional information that relates to keyboard shortcuts and keyboard navigation in Windows and other Microsoft products: http://www.microsoft.com/enable 11