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Common Mouse Pointer Shapes:

Pointer Shape Description Function

Arrow Standard arrow shape Used to select and click

Spinning Circle Blue spinning wheel System is busy, cannot
interact

Arrow with Loading Arrow with spinning wheel App is loading in the
Circle background

I-Beam Vertical line resembling a Used to select or type text

capital “I”

Hand Hand with a pointing finger Appears over hyperlinks

Crosshair Cross shaped pointer For precise selection

Horizontal Resize Double headed horizontal Resize window horizontally
arrow

Vertical Resize Double headed vertical arrow Resize vertically

Diagonal Resize Diagonal arrows pointing Resize diagonally

opposite directions

Move Four-headed arrow For moving items and
window

Unavailable Circle with Line Action not allowed

Shutting Down Windows

1. Click the Start button (Windows icon) on the Taskbar.

2. Click the Power icon in the lower right corner of Start Menu.

3. Select Shut down from the menu.

4. Wait for the computer to power off completely.

Compcare

Update Windows regularly to keep it safe and working well.

Teacher’s Note

Demonstrate the different icons on the desktop.

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