IBM ScrollPoint User manual

ScrollPoint Mouse
™
User's Guide
OPTIONS
by IBM

First Edition (October 1997)
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Contents
About This Book .......... vi
Part 1: Product Description, Installation and Maintenance Guide 1-1
Part 2: Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Help and Service information .... 2-1
Product Warranty . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Electronic Emission Notices .... 2-12
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About This Book
This manual contains the following
information:
Part 1:
Description of the ScrollPoint Mouse
and its features
How to connect the ScrollPoint Mouse
and install Logitech's MouseWare
configuration software
How to use MouseWare to set up and
configure the scrolling mouse
Product Maintenance (Foreign language
sections only)
Part 2:
Help and Service Information
Product Warranty
Notices and Trademarks
Part 1 is translated into the following
languages:
Note: The illustrations in this manual
might be slightly different from your
hardware.
English German
French Spanish
Japanese Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
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Part 1: Product Description, Installation and
Maintenance Guide
Product Description
Important: Be sure to retain your proof of
purchase because it might be required to
obtain warranty service.
The IBM ScrollPoint Mouse has a mouse
stick 3 that allows you to scroll
documents with fewer wrist movements.
You can also program the mouse stick, the
left button 1 and the right button 2 to
perform typical mouse functions. To use
the ScrollPoint Mouse to scroll in an
application, first make sure the window you
want to scroll has a scroll bar and is the
active window. You can click on any
window to activate it.
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The ScrollPoint Mouse offers two operating
modes:
Office 97 compatible mode allows
special features to work only within
Microsoft's Office 97 software or
compatible applications. Within Office
97, you can use Autoscrolling,
zooming and data zooming.
Universal mode, the default, allows
vertical and horizontal scrolling in
most Microsoft Windows 95
applications. Universal mode also
supports Autoscrolling, zooming and
data zooming in Office 97 and
compatible applications.
Following this paragraph is a list of some of
the features of the ScrollPoint Mouse. See
“Using the ScrollPoint Mouse’s Features”
on page 1-9 for instructions on how to use
the listed features.
One-Touch Scrolling
The mouse stick on the
ScrollPoint mouse is designed
to make scrolling windows
easier.
Autoscrolling
Used within Office 97 and
compatible applications,
Autoscrolling allows you to
scroll a window just by
moving the mouse.
Zooming When using this feature within
Office 97, you can use the
mouse stick to magnify and
reduce your view of a
document.
Data Zooming
When using this feature in
Office 97, you can zoom in on
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key data in a document. An
example would be expanding
or collapsing outlines within a
document.
HyperJump and CyberJump
These are special settings for
your mouse buttons which
conveniently combine eight
different functions on one
eight-button grid. The
HyperJump grid consists of
eight frequently-used Windows
95 commands, and the
CyberJump grid has eight
frequently-used Netscape
commands. By clicking on
the button, the command is
executed instantly, without
having to go to the menu bar.
Connecting the ScrollPoint Mouse
and Installing MouseWare
To connect your ScrollPoint Mouse:
1. If you are using the ScrollPoint Mouse
with a laptop computer which has an
onboard pointing device, or if you are
using a keyboard with an onboard
tracking device, you must disable that
device before installing and using the
ScrollPoint Mouse. When you set up
and configure your ScrollPoint Mouse,
you can use the Device screen in
Mouse Properties to choose between
the ScrollPoint Mouse and your other
pointing device.
2. Make sure your computer is turned off.
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3. Connect the mouse cable 1 to your
computer's mouse port 2.
4. Turn on your computer. When
Windows 95 has booted up, it will
automatically detect a new mouse on
the PS/2 port, and a dialog box will
open asking if you want to configure
it. Select No. You will configure the
mouse after you install MouseWare.
To install MouseWare:
1. Put the enclosed diskette into your
diskette drive (usually drive A).
2. Click on the Start button.
3. Move the arrow up to Run, and click
to select it.
4. In the command line that appears, type:
A:SETUP
5. Follow the instructions that appear on
your screen.
6. Upon completion of the setup program,
Windows 95 will automatically restart.
A dialog box will open stating that the
system has found a ScrollPoint Mouse
on the PS/2 mouse port, and asking if
you want to configure it. Click on the
Yes button.
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