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3: Using Turbo
Mouse
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Brilliant Cursor
-
The Brilliant
Cursor command
allows
the
cursor
to
jump
to predefined
points on screen.
These
points are
known
as
HotSpots.
(How
to
define
vour
own HotSpots
is described
later
in
Chapter 4:
More Turbo
Mouse
Software
Options.)
The Brilliaut
Cursor
command is
very useful for
quickly
getting
to
frequently used
areas
on the desktop,
such as
the File and Edit
menus
and the Trash icon.
It is
also useful for navigating
large monitors.
\\hen
1'ou
click
the Brilliant
Cursor button
and move
the
ball,
the
cllrsor rvill
jurnp
to
the predefined
HotSpot
closest
in direction
and
distance
to
vour
ball movement.
The
Factory
Standard
Set of
the
Turbo \Iouse
Control
program contains
predefined
HotSpots.
These
are positioned
on
the Apple
(
a
),
File,
and Edit menLrs,
and
the
Lrpper right
corner
and Trash
icons.
As you move
the ball
ir-r difl'erent
directions
tvhen
using the Brilliant
cursor command,
the
cursor snaps
to the different
HotSpots.
In addi-
tion, t\,vo
temporary
HotSpots
are defined. These
are
the last nvo
positions the cursor
was in
when you invoked
the Brilliant
Cursor
com-
mand. They
are temporarily
defined so
you can rerurn
to
your original
screen
position more
easily.
Click either button
of
your Turbo Mouse
trackball
to return
to normal
cursor movement.
To learn more
about
using Brilliant
Cursor and
defining
your o\{ll
HotSpots, refer
to Chapter
4: More Turbo
Mouse
Software
Options.
Axis-Only
-
The
Axis-Only
command locks
your cursor movement
to
either an x-
(horizontal)
or
y-
(vertical)
axis
on screen.
Click the
Axis-
Only
button
and the
cursor
will only move
on the axis
of your
next
ball
movement,
until
a second
Turbo Mouse
button is
pressed.
For
example, if
you click the
button and move
the
ball right or
left,
the
cursor
r,vill only
move horizontally
until
another Turbo
Mouse
button is pressed.
Likervise,
if the Axis-Only
button
is clicked
and the
ball is moved up
or
down, the cursor
will only move
vertically
until
another button
is clicked.
Only the device
that
entered Axis-Only
is
affected. Other
devices
will move normallv.
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