How to Enable and Use Wheel Scrolling and Panning Features

ID: Q185537

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to turn on, configure, and use the Microsoft IntelliPoint software wheel panning and scrolling features.


MORE INFORMATION

To use the wheel panning and scrolling features, you need the following software and hardware:

For additional information about programs designed to use the IntelliPoint wheel features, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q181354 IntelliMouse: Programs Designed to Use the IntelliMouse Wheel
The IntelliPoint software version 2.2 for programs that are not designed to use the IntelliPoint wheel features. The IntelliPoint software version 2.2 includes the Universal Scrolling feature, which provides wheel scrolling and panning functionality to programs that do not have native support for the wheel.

For additional information about the Universal Scrolling feature, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q185535 IntelliPoint: Description of Universal Scrolling Feature
If you are using the IntelliPoint software version 2.2, turn on the Universal Scrolling feature to scroll in programs that do not have native support for the IntelliPoint wheel features. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click Mouse.


  3. Click the Wheel tab.


  4. Under Wheel, click the Turn On The Wheel check box to select it.


  5. Under Wheel Button, click the Turn On The Wheel Button check box to select it.


  6. Under Universal Scrolling, click the Turn On Universal Scrolling check box to select it.


  7. Click OK, and then close Control Panel.


NOTE: If you are unable to scroll in a program when you enable the Universal Scrolling feature, verify that the program you are using is not in the Exceptions For Universal Scrolling list.

For additional information about the Exceptions For Universal Scrolling list, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q185536 Description of the Exceptions for Universal Scrolling List


To configure and use the wheel scrolling feature, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click Mouse.


  3. Click the Wheel tab.


  4. Under Wheel, click Settings.


  5. Choose the wheel settings you want, and then click OK.


  6. Click OK, and then close Control Panel.


  7. Open a window with active scroll bars, and then roll the wheel to scroll in the window.


To use the wheel panning feature, follow these steps:

  1. Open a window with active scroll bars.


  2. Press the wheel button. The pointer changes to a single arrow or multiple arrows that point in the directions you are able to pan.


  3. Move the pointing device in the direction you want to pan.


  4. When you are finished panning, press the wheel button again to turn off the panning feature.



REFERENCES

For more information about how to solve problems related to Microsoft Pointing Devices, use the Pointing Devices Troubleshooter located at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/hardware/intellimouse/mousetshoot/

Additional query words: 2.10 intelli point track ball 


Keywords          : kbtool kbui intellipoint intellimouse mouse kbimu 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,2.1,2.2
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 30, 1999