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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / August 2005Two Button Mouse Compatibility
Does anyone know of a two button mouse that is compatible with the Mac (has Mac drivers) which will enable use of the same features in Office v.X that the two button mouse does in Windows versons of Office. For example, right clicking a misspelled word gives suggested correct spellings in Windows. Thanks, Mike > Does anyone know of a two button mouse that is compatible with the Mac > (has [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks, > Mike Almost _any_ two-button mouse will work right out of the box with OS X since it has drivers built in. I've seen over a dozen various ones myself or on other computers that worked instantly when plugged in. -Mark Thanks Mark for the quick reply, but my question is a bit more narrowly focused on Office. Have you seen any of those mice that, when right-clicked for example, energize special functions in Office applications like Word? Thanks. > > Does anyone know of a two button mouse that is compatible with the Mac > > (has [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -Mark It doesn't require the mouse to get special functions in Office. You have access to all those functions without a two-button mouse by holding down control as you click, in fact (control-click is the Mac equivalent of right-click). Try it--works in any program that offers contextual menus, including the Finder. The mouse has nothing to do with it, and just about any mouse plugged in will offer left-click and right-click. For say, a 5 button mouse where you want to custom program the scroll wheel button, you do need something that offers Mac drivers to get at the customization. (or for Apple's new mouse, you need Tiger). > Thanks Mark for the quick reply, but my question is a bit more narrowly > focused on Office. Have you seen any of those mice that, when right-clicked > for example, energize special functions in Office applications like Word? > > Thanks. >> Almost _any_ two-button mouse will work right out of the box with OS X since >> it has drivers built in. I've seen over a dozen various ones myself or on [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>> Thanks, >>> Mike  SignatureDaiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Dalya and Mark, Thanks. I've been using control-click in Word and it does indeed work. I'm just lazy enough from using Windows at work to want to use the mouse to do the same functins when I use my Mac at home. I think, from your suggestions, that the solution is to buy a programmable mouse with Mac drivers and program one of the buttons to be control-click. Maybe the Apple Mighty Mouse combined with USB override. Do any of Microsoft's mice come with Mac drivers? Thanks, Mike > It doesn't require the mouse to get special functions in Office. You have > access to all those functions without a two-button mouse by holding down [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >>> Thanks, > >>> Mike Mike, I don't want to generalise, but I should think that ANY two-button mouse will work on a Mac the way you want, i.e. with the right button behaving as ctrl-/right-click. I'm currently using a cheap Microsoft mouse with my Powerbook (http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid= 007), and it didn't even come with an install disk, as it works straight out of the box. And, best of all, as other posters have already pointed out, it is even possible to configure standard mice (is that the plural for "mouse" in the computer sense?), i.e. mice with two buttons and a scroll wheel, in the OS's system preferences. For instance, my mouse has this scroll wheel which also acts as a regular button, so I set it up to act as an Exposé launcher, which is quite nice. It's only with more complex mice (more than say, three buttons) that you'll need drivers for your Mac. On 30.08.05 14:15, in article 55CFE4A9-D1CB-4960-811E-3D69B45FD706@microsoft.com, "Mike Hammon" <MikeHammon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Dalya and Mark, > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Mike Michael, this is really great news. I think I can find some old MS mouse to try on my Powerbook 667/Tiger. Thanks to all for the help. Cheers, Mike > Mike, > I don't want to generalise, but I should think that ANY two-button mouse [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Mike > And, best of all, as other posters have already pointed out, it > is even possible to configure standard mice (is that the plural for "mouse" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > launcher, which is quite nice. It's only with more complex mice (more than > say, three buttons) that you'll need drivers for your Mac. Didn't realize the OS could program the scroll wheel. Nice. Daiya The only trick is that it won't be very configurable (or at all). Some of the mice that have custom software allow you to pick things like "one page at a time" in the scroll speed and let you define prefs differently for each application. But I've used a microsoft mouse by plugging it in and having both buttons and the scroll wheel work instantly. :-) -Mark >> And, best of all, as other posters have already pointed out, it >> is even possible to configure standard mice (is that the plural for [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Daiya |
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