These problems aside, there are some finer points of Windows that you may not have had time to investigate. Here are some tips to help cut through the fluff and get you to where you want to go quickly. Selecting items When you re viewing a list of items on your screen such as a file list or a list of email messages, there are several ways you can select items.
Most people use the left-click.
The arrow keys on the keyboard will move the cursor up and down the list and pressing the spacebar will highlight the item you want. Suppose you want to select more than one item. Click on the first item in the list, then hold down a Shift key and left-click on the last item. All the items between them will be highlighted also. You can do the same procedure without a mouse by highlighting the first item, then hold Shift and press the down or up arrow.