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| Click | To press the top end of the mouse (PC left button) down and quickly let go. |
| Double Click | To press and release the mouse button twice quickly. This is a shortcut to open most programs and files. |
| Left Click | PC ONLY. This refers to pressing and releasing the left button on the PC mouse. This usually has the same effect as clicking the only button on a Mac mouse. |
| Right Click | PC ONLY. This refers to pressing and releasing the right button on the PC mouse. This usually has the same effect as pressing and holding down the button on the Mac mouse. |
| Edit | Making changes to your document, file or creation. |
| Edit Menu | This is one choice on the menu bar that offers many ways to change something. |
| Edit Tool | This is a choice on the Edit Menu that we use to change our document. |
| Save | This tool stores your work so that it can be retrieved if the computer crashes. |
| Print | This button or menu command lets you make a paper copy of your document. |
| Select | To click and drag the mouse over a letter, word, sentence or paragraph so it can be edited, moved, deleted, copied, etc. When you do this, it makes an outline around the choice. |
| Copy | This is something that duplicates a word or a phase. |
| Paste | This places something cut or copied back into your document. |
| Delete | To erase or get rid of something selected. |
| Drag | To select something (click) and hold the mouse button down while you moving it. |
| Drop | To let go of something that was being dragged. |
| Undo | If you do something you did not want to do , you can remove it. |
