Oh, interesting.  thanks.
Donna
On Aug 5, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Bryan Jones wrote:

> Hi Donna - I believe the secondary click and secondary tap are just 2 methods 
> of emulating, on the trackpad, the control-click of a single button mouse or 
> the right-click of a multi button mouse. I'm not sure what all it can be used 
> for, but I know it will open a context menu for an item, similar to pressing 
> VO-Shift-m.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I hope I'm not being dense, but what are the secondary click and secondary 
>> tap used for, i.e. can somone present a situation when you would use them?
>> TIA,
>> Donna
>> On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks to all.  I got it figured out now.
>>> On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:16 AM, Bryan Jones wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi RIcardo - I'm not sure if this will help with your command-click 
>>>> questions, but to enable the standard secondary click I needed to go into 
>>>> the Trackpad Utility in System Preferences and make a few changes from the 
>>>> default settings. There are a couple of options with regard to the 
>>>> "Secondary Click" and "Secondary Tap" and I'll explain them here as best I 
>>>> can. This assumes you have the Trackpad utility in your System 
>>>> Preferences. If you don't have it, make sure to run software update to 
>>>> install it.
>>>> 
>>>> Secondary Click: This option allows you to perform a secondary click by 
>>>> placing a finger on either the bottom right or bottom left front edge of 
>>>> the trackpad and pressing down until you hear or feel the trackpad click. 
>>>> To enable the Secondary Click, open the Trackpad utility in System 
>>>> Preferences, then navigate through the One Finger options and you will 
>>>> find a checkbox for "Secondary Click." To the right of this checkbox there 
>>>> is a popup button where you select either "bottom right corner" or "bottom 
>>>> left corner" to specify where your finger must be placed when performing 
>>>> the click.
>>>> 
>>>> Secondary Tap: This option allows you to tap two fingers anywhere on the 
>>>> trackpad to perform a secondary click. To enable the Secondary Tap, 
>>>> navigate through the Two Finger options in the Trackpad Utility. Note that 
>>>> the "Tap to Click" checkbox located in the One Finger options must also be 
>>>> checked for the Secondary Tap to work.
>>>> 
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Bryan
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hmm,
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I held down 2 fingers I didn't get a click.
>>>>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Daniel Rowe wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Secondary clicking is Mac speak for right clicking, like to open up a 
>>>>>> contextual menu.  Press down on the trackpad with 2 fingers til it 
>>>>>> clicks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dannie
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 4 Aug 2010, at 07:20, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Lol,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We are wondering the same thing.  I haven't a clue what it means or, 
>>>>>>> how to do it.  If you find out before I do please post. :)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> tia
>>>>>>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Along with the questions about how to perform command click etc, what 
>>>>>>>> is a secondary click? I saw it referenced and haven't a clue what it 
>>>>>>>> might be.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> mary
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Mary Otten
>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>> 
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