How to Move the Computer Mouse With the Keyboard

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Have you ever broken a computer mouse or lost it? If you did then read on to find out how to control your mouse with the keyboard!

Steps

1. Open the start menu by pressing the windows key (the key with the flag on it.)
   
2. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move to the desired selection.
   
3. Keep pressing the up arrow until the control panel icon is highlighted, then press enter. If control panel isn't listed, then press the windows key+R. It should open run so then you can type "control panel" without the quotes in the run box then press enter. It will then open control panel.
   
4. Next, you need to look for "accessibility options". When you see it, keep pressing the Tab key until it is highlighted, then press enter.
   
5. Now press the Tab key again and again until the "keyboard" word at the top is highlighted.
   
6. Press the right arrow key until you get to the "mouse" page, then press the Tabs key once and press space bar.This will enable MouseKeys. You can press the Tabs key and then press space bar again to access the MouseKeys settings (speed, shortcut key, slow down key, etc.)
   
7. Now press the Tabs key until you get to "Ok" and now you can use the numeric keypad (the number pad on the right of your keyboard with the arrows on it) to move the cursor around the screen. If enabled, you can hold down the Ctrl or Shift key with the direction to speed up the cursor or slow down.
   

Tips

• Additional directions are upper right:9, lower right:3, upper left:7, lower left:1.
  
• Press 0 to click and hold.
  
• Press Shift+F10 to right click.
  
• Press 8 to click.
  

Things You'll Need

• Keyboard
  
• Computer
  

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