Simply touch and drag the page with one or more fingers in the direction you want to pan. You use panning to scroll down or through a long page or series of screens. For example, swiping from the right side of the screen inward to the left displays the Charms bar. With a touchscreen display, you can perform many common tasks with a simple swipe of your finger across the screen, typically from one edge or corner into the center of the screen. You can then lift your finger, and a shortcut menu appears. Simply touch an item onscreen with your finger and hold it there until a complete circle appears on the display. The touchscreen equivalent of the right-click is pressing and holding an item. Pressing and HoldingĪs you’ve learned, right-clicking an item with your mouse often displays additional information or options.

Just tap and release to open an app or select an option. That is, you tap a tile or button or menu item with the tip of your finger. The touchscreen equivalent of clicking an item is tapping that item. To that end, it’s important to learn some essential touchscreen operations. If you’re using Windows on a computer or tablet with a touchscreen display, you use your fingers instead of a mouse to do what you need to do.

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