The wheel and wheel button

If your device has a wheel, you can use it in two ways: Roll it forward and back to use it as the wheel. Press it like a button to use it as the wheel button. Check your software program's documentation to find out how the wheel and wheel button work in that program.

The wheel

To use the wheel, roll the wheel either forward or back. How the wheel works depends on your software program. For example, in a word processing program, you might roll the wheel to move up or down the page a few lines at a time. In a spreadsheet program, you might hold down the CTRL key and roll the wheel forward to zoom in for a closer view of the cells.

You can use the wheel to:

• Scroll
  
• Data zoom
  
• Zoom
  

The wheel button

To use the wheel button, press and release the wheel—which causes the wheel to work like a button. How the wheel button works depends on your software program. For example, in a spreadsheet program, you might click the wheel button, and then move the mouse or trackball to automatically scroll through the cells of the spreadsheet.

You can use the wheel button to:

• AutoScroll
  
• Pan
  

IntelliPoint settings for the wheel

You can use the IntelliPoint Scrolling settings, located on the Wheel tab, to change the number of lines that you scroll with each notch of the wheel. You may find this feature useful if you prefer to scroll one screen at a time, instead of a few lines.

Note

The software program that you use may limit the maximum number of lines that you can scroll with each notch of the wheel.

Tip

If you prefer, you can assign a different feature to the wheel button. See Assign a new feature to a button.