A mouse for left-handers - Do you need it?

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  Ramani Aswath

  AbraKaDabra

  If you are using windows, there are settings that you can do to make it more user-friendly for left-handers. Have you tried them?

  My brother in law had a mild stroke that has affected his dexterity (literally. Dexter in Latin means right). He has reconfigured his mouse for left handed use. He also arranged with his bank to accept vhis left hand signature for transactions.
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  Ankita Katdare

  bioramani

  My brother in law had a mild stroke that has affected his dexterity (literally. Dexter in Latin means right). He has reconfigured his mouse for left handed use. He also arranged with his bank to accept vhis left hand signature for transactions.

  Good to know. Here are the simple steps that Windows users can use to make their mice left-hander friendly -
  
  1. Enter “mouse” in your Start menu search, and select the first entry.
  
  2. Check the “Switch primary and secondary buttons” box to make your mouse more left-hand friendly. Now your primary select button is your right button, and the secondary button (commonly referred to as right-click) is the left button.
  
  3. But, it can still be awkward to select items on screen with your left hand using the default cursors. MSDN has a free set of cursors designed for left-handed users, that can fix this problem for you. These cursors are exactly like the default Aero cursors in Windows 7 and Vista, except they are reversed to make them better for left-handed use.
  
  The cursors are available in 3 sizes: normal, large, and extra large. The normal ones are the same size as the default ones in Windows 7; feel free to choose the other sizes if you prefer them.
  
  4. Click “I Agree” after selecting the cursors to accept the license agreement and download them.
  
  5. Once you have all 6 cursors downloaded, select the Pointers tab in the Mouse Properties dialog. Click the cursor to change, and then click Browse to select the new cursor.
  
  6. Browse to the folder you downloaded your new cursors to, select the correct cursor, and click Open.
  Do this for each of the 6 cursors to be changed. Strangely, the Busy cursor (the spinning blue orb) is a static cursor, so you may not wish to change it. All the other ones look and act like their standard counterparts.
  
  7. Here’s the cursors to be changed, and their equivalents in the default cursors:
  Normal Select:
  aero_arrow_left.cur
  Help Select:
  aero_helpsel_left.cur
  Working in Background:
  aero_working_left.ani
  Busy:
  aero_busy_left.cur
  Handwriting:
  aero_pen_left.cur
  Link Select:
  aero_link_left.cur
  After changing all the cursors, click Save As… to save this mouse scheme so you can easily select it in the future.
  
  8. Finally click Ok to close the Mouse Properties dialog and accept the changes.
  
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  This is nice! will try this out today at home 😀
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  Ankita Katdare

  How many left-hander CEans do we have here? #JustCurious
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  Ramani Aswath

  Some off topic info:
  Too frequent ultrasound checking during pregnancy seems to lead to a higher rate of left handed children.
  #-Link-Snipped-#
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  Ankita Katdare

  bioramani

  Some off topic info:
  Too frequent ultrasound checking during pregnancy seems to lead to a higher rate of left handed children.
  #-Link-Snipped-#

  According to that report, In an average population, around nine per cent of men are left-handed! 😲Bemused!
  
  #-Link-Snipped-# is a left-hander too. What do you think Biggie? Do you need a new mouse? 😉
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Nope, I don't need a new mouse. I'm happy with the right handed ones and I feel they're just made for myself.
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  gohm

  As a left-handed person I am fine using items designed for the right hand such as a mouse or guitar, etc.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I play guitar right-handed. It just seems perfect 😁