[Ham-Computers] Navigating DOS Screen Without a Mouse

Jim Hill JJan-3 at cox.net
Wed May 14 11:44:08 EDT 2008


Thanks for the helpful replies.  Tab works nicely to move from place 
to place, and after looking more carefully, I noticed highlighted 
letters where I could use Alt-(desired letter) to respond.
Jim

At 11:18 PM 5/12/2008, you wrote:
>I'm using Terabyte Image for DOS to back up the C drive and 
>encountered a problem.  I need to add an X to a box to indicate I 
>want to validate during the backup.  Normally, I would use the mouse 
>and left click the box, but as the name implies it's a DOS program 
>and my USB mouse is inoperative.  I don't have a mouse port on this computer.
>
>What keystrokes should I use?  I can easily reach the line that has 
>the box, but can't click it. Incidentally, it's a nice program but 
>it's too bad it does not have USB mouse support.
>
>Thanks, Jim
>
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