Right click in mac word 2008

[leenig]

Hi

ive just moved across to the mac platform and install mac office 2008.

Im using the apple mighty mouse (wireless) when I right click on a word with the red wavy line nothing happens - if i hold the ctrl key down and right click I can se he correct spelling can anyone please explain why right clicking doesn't work ive seen some replies here which say if you have a two button mouse right clicking will work

Thanks in advance

Lee

 

[A Friend]

Lee,

Right+clicking (or Control+clicking) should definitely work.

I don't have a "Mighty Mouse" but I believe it does support right-clicks. Are you sure you're pressing the correct spot? From Apple's documentation, it looks like you might need to click pretty far forward on the right side (see <http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/)>. IIRC, there's no right button per se on that mouse, you just put pressure in the, um, right spot.

It's possible to disable (or re-map) right clicks, but I assume you have not done that, so my first guess would be trying to apply the right-click gesture to a more specific spot on that mouse.

Hope that helps.

 

[John McGhie]

Gidday "A Friend"

Since we know you have Entourage installed, you may care to look here:
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/AccessNewsgroups.html

Look under " Setting up Entourage for Newsreading"

You'll get a much faster and nicer experience, without all the visual
pollution

Oh: And we encourage real names in here (or something that looks like
one...). We make exceptions for Microsoft staffers who sneak in here on
their days off. You're not one of those, are you?

Cheers

Lee,

Right+clicking (or Control+clicking) should definitely work.

I don't have a "Mighty Mouse" but I believe it does support right-clicks. Are
you sure you're pressing the correct spot? From Apple's documentation, it
looks like you might need to click pretty far forward on the right side (see
<http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/)>. IIRC, there's no right button per se on
that mouse, you just put pressure in the, um, right spot.

It's possible to disable (or re-map) right clicks, but I assume you have not
done that, so my first guess would be trying to apply the right-click gesture
to a more specific spot on that mouse.

Hope that helps.

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[Phillip Jones]

A good (not free) Mouse/track-pad/Game-controller software that can fix
that is USP OverDrive. It can program up to five buttons and you can
program to do numerous things. And you can even adjust Mouse pointer
Tracking speed.

Lee,

Right+clicking (or Control+clicking) should definitely work.

I don't have a "Mighty Mouse" but I believe it does support
right-clicks. Are you sure you're pressing the correct spot? From
Apple's documentation, it looks like you might need to click pretty
far forward on the right side (see
<http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/)>. IIRC, there's no right button
per se on that mouse, you just put pressure in the, um, right spot.

It's possible to disable (or re-map) right clicks, but I assume you
have not done that, so my first guess would be trying to apply the
right-click gesture to a more specific spot on that mouse.

Hope that helps.

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