if you mouse has borken can you still use your computer.

@mulau2u (1459)
Malaysia
June 18, 2008 12:08pm CST
i have this question cause i know everyone use they mouse to do all the clicking job. but if you mouse suddenly broken and it cannot be fix and that time was at night when all the shop has already close, did you can still use your computer or you will wait until morning to get a new mouse. this kind of problem will bothering you if you don't have some much talent about computer.
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14 responses
@marina321 (4556)
19 Jun 08
It can be done but you'd need the patience of a saint to spend even an hour doing this guessing game:)
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
19 Jun 08
what is the guessing game..;)
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@marina321 (4556)
22 Jun 08
Trial and error method unless you've got a book full of keyboard shortcuts:)
@jalucia (1431)
• United States
19 Jun 08
If your mouse breaks you can still use the tab and other keys to navigate some pages. But, I wouldn't do that because it would aggravate me too much. After breaking my ball mouse about three times in just as many months, I learned how to fix it by opening the underside and making sure that all those little metal bars were in place ... and, eventually taping the back back on. This worked fine for me until I went and bought a totally different mouse. Now everything's intact. What do you do when one of the letters on your keyboard won't work. I've copied and pasted letters, when needed, in this situation. But, pc problems are a major b#$%h
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@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
19 Jun 08
if one of my letter don't work, i will remap it to another key, it is not hard, and if the keyboard really broken just buy some new one, don't make life difficult just try to make it look happy with some great ideas.
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@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
20 Jun 08
I have been using a computer since the DOS days so I would say I'm very comfortable with keyboards. I see to it that I learn the alternative ways of inputting something in my PC. If keyboard is inaccessible I have OSK, if my mouse is offline, I know most the shortcuts to get me going even for browsing, I will enable Firefox's addon for Mouseless Browsing(MLB).
@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
20 Jun 08
You've said it right, we don't want that mice get in our way.
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 08
since the DOS day, wow that was so long, the OSK is great if you keyboard is broken, people with some experience will not surrender to this small problem. :)
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@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 08
yeah.. you right.. but i hope not to broken my mouse while i am playing counter strike.. i don't like to dying caused by the runaway mouse ;)
@DarkDancer (1011)
• Dayton, Ohio
18 Jun 08
Nah, it's pretty simple to use the keyboard to mimic the functions of the mouse. Sometimes it's even faster.
• Dayton, Ohio
18 Jun 08
Um, thanks.... ;)
• Indonesia
18 Jun 08
yep agree! vote for DarkDancer here..lol... @_@
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@alexigne (903)
• Philippines
30 Jun 08
computer - computer parts
Ever since i was a keyboard friendly coz, i find it more useful and easy to use than mouse. That was in typing purpose and such a like. But of course there are application that mouse is really important like adobe photoshop. So it all depends on the application that i need to finish.
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
30 Jun 08
i mostly like to use the "alt+tab" to jump from one windows to other windows either using the mouse, if i using adobe photoshop i use some shortcut function beside depend on the mouse too much, but of course it hard to draw a picture using keyboard so mouse is still important in that way :)
@kissie34 (2294)
• Philippines
20 Jun 08
Yes...I will my keyboard when the mouse is not working well.. Keyboard can also help you but the only problems with the keyboard is it is not too fast when you use a mouse..
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 08
try this, open two windows explore and maximize both of it and make sure your task bar (at START button) not always on top of any windows. and now try to jump from one windows explore to another windows explore using your mouse, did you have to minimize it first or have to press the win key, the faster is using the "alt + tab".
• India
18 Jun 08
i have had faced that problem .i usually cant work without mouse but now i m known to my pc this much that if i have to work without mouse i can.i would usually try the shortcuts on my keybaord or use the arrow function to work it as a mouse.its very tirig but hey when its urget its the only way i could come up with.spcly when u r no genius.
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
19 Jun 08
yeah i am forget about that, of course we still can move the cursor using the numeric key, you are cleaver man, if mine is broken have my joystick to move it like playing a game lol.. ;)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
18 Jun 08
i will have to turn my computer off and wait a time to buy a new one or repair this one ... i will do this becouse most things that i do i need mouse, i really cannot do anything for this complicate things with only a keyboard but if i have some job to do, like writing something in word or excel then i will do it with no problem, even print it on paper
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
18 Jun 08
yeah but how to draw a box in word without mouse :)
• India
18 Jun 08
Oh I can not work with out the mouse. It is not very easy and it is strenuous for me also. If it is not very urgent work to be finished before morning, then I will try to work with out the mouse. Otherwise I will leave it till the mornig till replacing the broken one with a new mouse.
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
19 Jun 08
yeah it depend on what works you have to do then you will know the mouse is necessary or not.
@fjgamer (543)
• United States
18 Jun 08
I can do most stuff with just a keyboard, but it's usually slower and a little more boring, however, I can't play my games unless I have a mouse with a scroll wheel. Thankfully, a mouse is cheap.
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
19 Jun 08
i use a combination of my joystick as a mouse also as a real joystick and it so fun cause i don't need to touch the mouse while i am playing fifa game.
• Indonesia
18 Jun 08
if i have some deadline i will use my keyboard n try to guess some hotkeys in my keyboard,lol ^_^
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
18 Jun 08
i use it when the mouse is out of service and non of my friends know how to use this hotkeys.
@DeniseH (130)
18 Jun 08
I would only know how to turn off the computer using the keyboard but then I would buy a new mouse the next day lol To turn it off with my keyboard i would use the windows button then tab button to move over to turn off and then enter butter to choose turn off lol :) I dont know how to do other things without a mouse.
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
19 Jun 08
if you have learn this kind of thing it was so wonderful, the main key is the "alt", you will see window program just poping and minimze like a charm. ;)
@banadux (630)
• United States
19 Jun 08
I keep a backup mouse pretty much at all times, but it is good to learn keyboard shortcuts when you can because they actually are shortcuts. The more you use your keyboard for things the faster you will be able to get them done for the most part.
@mulau2u (1459)
• Malaysia
19 Jun 08
yeah you right, i usually use my hotkey to open program that i need, some time i make a trigger to that button so when i get press it everything that i want to do - finish in only one single press of button. ;)
@arddi2007 (202)
• Albania
29 Jun 08
haha, i have asked this to many people before. yes, i think i can, I know lots of shortcuts by using Ctrl, Alt etc. i think that i can use the computer without the mouse. but, can you use the computer without the mouse?? hahah, thats a lot easier. i would only open the screen keyboard by going to Start All Programs Accessories Accessibilities On-Screen keyboard. you should really try that if you havent yet.