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Changing the mouse tracking rate – Apple IIe Card User Manual

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You can adjust the correlation between mouse and pointer movement,
called

mouse tracking, so that the pointer moves the same distance on

the screen as the mouse moves, or so that the pointer moves up to two
times as far on the screen as the mouse moves, depending on how fast
you move the mouse.

The mouse tracking rate you choose in the Apple IIe Option Panel is in
effect only while the computer is in the Apple IIe environment. When
you switch to the Macintosh environment, the mouse tracking rate is
determined by the rate setting in the Macintosh Mouse control panel.

The mouse tracking rate in the Apple IIe Option Panel is preset to the
rate setting in the Macintosh Mouse control panel.

The options for tracking are

Slow—the mouse and the pointer move the same distance

Fast—the pointer moves twice as far as the mouse

Buttons between Slow and Fast—gradations between one-for-one and
two-for-one pointer and mouse movements

Very Slow/Tablet—the pointer moves at a constant speed when the
mouse is moved, a useful setting for drawing with the mouse or using
a graphics tablet

To change the mouse tracking rate, follow these steps:

1. Press Control-

x-Esc.

The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed.

Changing the

mouse tracking rate

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