Shift Key and Mouse

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Orourke

On my laptop, when I try to select several consecutive items on a lis
by (a) clicking on the first item, then (b) holding down the shift key
and then (c)clicking on the last item, it simply leaves the last ite
selected and not the others. How can I reset it to work properly sinc
there is no way to select multiple items from a list. Thank you
 
i think first u hold down ctrl key then u drag mouse pointer thoght what u
whant
or circle what u want or left click each item while holding down ctrl key.
 
'janfeb' wrote:
| i think first u hold down ctrl key then u drag mouse pointer thoght what u
| whant
| or circle what u want or left click each item while holding down ctrl key.
______

No. The [Control Key] is for selecting multiple items from a list that ARE
NOT adjacent. The [Shift Key] is for selecting items that ARE adjacent.

The [Shift Key] is also used to type capital letters a the begining of
sentences.

Phil Weldon

|i think first u hold down ctrl key then u drag mouse pointer thoght what u
| whant
| or circle what u want or left click each item while holding down ctrl key.
|
| "Orourke" wrote:
|
| >
| > On my laptop, when I try to select several consecutive items on a list
| > by (a) clicking on the first item, then (b) holding down the shift key,
| > and then (c)clicking on the last item, it simply leaves the last item
| > selected and not the others. How can I reset it to work properly since
| > there is no way to select multiple items from a list. Thank you.
| >
| >
| > --
| > Orourke
| >
 
Hey Guys,

If you will look at my original qquestion, I was simply asking if
anyone knows how to reset the Shift Key so that, when you hold it down,
the mouse pointer can be moved down a list selecting the list of
adjacent items. I have no idea why it stopped doing this. Thanks.
Isn't the shift key also used for YELLING at people ???

MD



:

'janfeb' wrote:
| i think first u hold down ctrl key then u drag mouse pointer thoght
what u
| whant
| or circle what u want or left click each item while holding down
ctrl key.
______

No. The [Control Key] is for selecting multiple items from a list
that ARE
NOT adjacent. The [Shift Key] is for selecting items that ARE
adjacent.

The [Shift Key] is also used to type capital letters a the begining
of
sentences.

Phil Weldon

"janfeb" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
|i think first u hold down ctrl key then u drag mouse pointer thoght
what u
| whant
| or circle what u want or left click each item while holding down
ctrl key.
|
| "Orourke" wrote:
|
|
| On my laptop, when I try to select several consecutive items on a
list
| by (a) clicking on the first item, then (b) holding down the shift
key,
| and then (c)clicking on the last item, it simply leaves the last
item
| selected and not the others. How can I reset it to work properly
since
| there is no way to select multiple items from a list. Thank you.
|
|
| --
| Orourke
|
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Orourke said:
Hey Guys,

If you will look at my original qquestion, I was simply asking if
anyone knows how to reset the Shift Key so that, when you hold it down,
the mouse pointer can be moved down a list selecting the list of
adjacent items. I have no idea why it stopped doing this. Thanks.

.MadDog said:
Isn't the shift key also used for YELLING at people ???

MD



:

'janfeb' wrote:
| i think first u hold down ctrl key then u drag mouse pointer thoght
what u
| whant
| or circle what u want or left click each item while holding down
ctrl key.
______

No. The [Control Key] is for selecting multiple items from a list
that ARE
NOT adjacent. The [Shift Key] is for selecting items that ARE
adjacent.

The [Shift Key] is also used to type capital letters a the begining
of
sentences.

Phil Weldon

"janfeb" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
|i think first u hold down ctrl key then u drag mouse pointer thoght
what u
| whant
| or circle what u want or left click each item while holding down
ctrl key.
|
| "Orourke" wrote:
|
|
| On my laptop, when I try to select several consecutive items on a
list
| by (a) clicking on the first item, then (b) holding down the shift
key,
| and then (c)clicking on the last item, it simply leaves the last
item
| selected and not the others. How can I reset it to work properly
since
| there is no way to select multiple items from a list. Thank you.
|
|
| --
| Orourke
|
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Is the shift key functioning at all. IOW can you use it to
type upper case? Have you tried another keyboard?

gls858
 
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