What to do when you have no middle mouse button

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What to do when you have no middle mouse button

I usually use my middle mouse button. However I'm away from home and office using somebody's MacBook and they have the old style USB mouse (no middle button). Is there any keyboard shortcut to use with the mouse that will do the same as the middle button (button 3)?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 18, 2009 5:31 AM

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GfulDedFan

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Sep 18, 2009 5:50 AM in response to Neate

What does your middle button do? There might already be a keyboard shortcut for it.

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Sep 18, 2009 5:57 AM in response to GfulDedFan

Pastes things into my remote PC onto something called Exceed. The old apple+V won't work because the Exceed won't let you ctrl+V into it. The only way I have ever done it is using the middle button by clicking down on it.
I know, not the norm but I'm stuck!

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GfulDedFan

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Sep 18, 2009 7:05 AM in response to Neate

After investigating Exceed, it looks like you need a middle button or a scroll mouse where the wheel is clickable.

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Sep 18, 2009 7:44 AM in response to GfulDedFan

Cheers. Going on the hunt for one now!

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