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This operation simply consists of placing the mouse cursor at a precise location of the screen. It is important to know that the active area of the cursor is its point. If you are asked to point a small square, you should thus place the mouse in such a way that the point of the cursor is inside this square:

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This operation of pointing is preliminary to the other operations. It is first necessary to place the cursor at the good location before starting another operation.

Clicking [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist]

It is the most current operation. You press the button and release it immediately, without moving the mouse between the two.

When you are asked to click on (or in) an item, it means that you must first point this item with the cursor (by moving the mouse) and then push and release the mouse button.

The action to push and release the button is called a click. According to the type of the clicked item, the action will be different. It is often used to carry out a choice or to execute an action. We will later study the types of graphical items that you will run into.

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As its name may indicate it, one executes two clicks one after the other, at the same location (without moving the mouse between the two) and without waiting between the two clicks. On average, this time between two clicks will not exceed half a second. If you wait too long between the two, your action will be interpreted as two simple clicks and not as a double-click.

The 4 actions must follow one another quickly:

• press the button,
• release the button,
• press the button,
• release the button.

The mouse should not be moved between these 4 operations otherwise the double-click will not be valid. When you are asked to double-click an item, it means that you must first point this item with the cursor (by moving the mouse) and then execute the 4 actions given above. When you execute a double-click that does not produce the expected effect, it means that you either execute these 4 operations not fast enough or you move the mouse during the operation. Train yourself!

This operation is called a double click. According to the type of the double-clicked item, the action will be different. It is often used to open a graphic element and to see its contents.

Clicking/dragging [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist]

This operation makes it possible to move a graphic element on the screen. The principle is the same as moving an object on your desk: you seize it, move it to another location and put it down. With the mouse, the operations become:

• point the graphic object on the screen with the mouse,
• push and hold down the mouse button (= seize the object),
• drag the mouse to another location (= move the object),
• release the mouse button (= release the object).

The time that goes by between these operations is not important. You can take your time to move the mouse before releasing the button.

When you are asked to click and drag an item, it means the four operations given above. The word "click" can also be omitted and you will simply be asked to drag an item from one location to another.

This operation is used to move graphic objects on the screen, to change the size of a graphic object and to select a choice among several available actions or options.

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