Getting used to the mac single button...

[mark at buttery.org (Mark J. Dulcey)]

Stephen Adler wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> With the rather impressing glitz of the Mac OS X, I'm having a hard time 
> with the single button interface. For example, when composing mail in 
> thunderbird, using my trusty three button mouse, I could right click on 
> the misspelled word and a menu of word options would pop up. How can I 
> do that with a single mouse button interface? Is there an alternate 
> button/key sequence which will do a "right click"?

If that's a desktop Mac, the easiest way is to buy a mouse with more 
than one button. If it's a laptop, alas, you're somewhat stuck (you can 
plug in a mouse, but you might not want to for portability reasons). 
There are ways to get the right-click things that vary based on 
application; it's hold-click in Firefox (click the mouse and hold it for 
a while), for example, and some applications use option-click (hold down 
the Option key while you click).

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