To use PowerPoint effectively, you need to know the basic terminology used for common mouse actions:
Point Move the mouse to move the onscreen pointer. The mouse pointer changes shape, depending on where it's pointing.
Hover Move the mouse to a location and wait a second before you do anything else. When you hover, often a short description of that location, menu, or button appears to let you know what happens if you click there.
Click Press and release the mouse button once. You use a single click to select menu items, to activate toolbar buttons, to select onscreen objects, and to perform other tasks.
Double-click Press and release the mouse button twice, quickly, and without otherwise moving the mouse. This often has the effect of selecting and also executing, for example, selecting and opening a file.
Right-click Press and release the right mouse button. You most often rightclick to get a context menu of choices that apply to whatever you're pointing at. If you're left-handed and you've changed your primary mouse button to the right side, you have to mentally translate to the left side when we tell you to right-click.
Drag and drop Point at an object, hold down the mouse button, drag the pointer across the screen, and release the mouse button. Dragging is most often used to move objects from one part of the screen to another.
Object Things such as text objects (boxes that contain text), graphic objects (clip art, drawings, or photos), and multimedia objects (audio or video clips) that you can use in a slide show. Unlike a word processing program that deals with sequential text, PowerPoint helps you create and rearrange objects spatially onscreen.
