Make Your Mouse Easier to Use in Windows 7

Edited by Lukward Thomason, Robert, Eng

Hi, welcome to VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to make the mouse easier to use on Windows 7 computers. There are several minor tweaks and adjustments that we can do to our mouse cursor.

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Steps

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    First, we need to go to the control panel
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    Click on the 'Start menu' button on the lower-left corner of the screen.
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    Click on the 'Control Panel' button
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    Now that the control panel is open, we need to click on 'Ease of Access'
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    Here, we need to click on 'Ease of Access Center'
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    Once the 'Ease of Access Center' opens, we need to scroll down and then click on 'Make the mouse easier to use'
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    From this section, we can choose the mouse pointers, change the size, or change the color
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    For example, the default one is regular white - but you can choose the other option if that would be more comfortable for you. Experiment with all of the options until you find one that is right for you.
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    Next, we need to click on the 'Turn on Mouse Keys' check box
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    If we enable this, we will be able to move the mouse cursor moving your keyboard.
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    Next, we can click on the 'Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse' check box
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    If we enable this, when we hover the mouse over a window it will become highlighted.
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    Next we can click on the 'Prevent Windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen'
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    If we enable this and move a window to either side of the screen, it will no longer automatically arrange the window for you.
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    When we've set everything to our preferences, we can click on 'OK', and then close the control panel window
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    This concludes our tutorial on how to make the mouse easier to use on Windows 7 computers
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    If you have any questions or comments please leave them in the section below. Thank you for using VisiHow.
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Categories : Windows

Recent edits by: Robert, Lukward Thomason

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