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On Oct. 27 Will Kuipers wrote: <<<Most of us....do a large amount of scrolling with a mouse....it still is necessary to place the cursor on that tiny square with the arrow. If you have a fair amount of tremor, that is already not so easy.>>> Will, how about making the scroll bar (and therefore the box with the arrow) larger. I don't have much tremor and still think those little boxes are too small for anyone over 30. The Windows 95 keystroke sequence to change the size of the scroll bar is: Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display (double click)-Appearance. From the Appearance tab you should click on the drop down menu under "Item" and select Scrollbar. You may then increase the size of the scrollbar and arrow box as you wish. You can get to the same place by right clicking on a vacant area of the desktop and selecting Properties from the resulting pop up menu. <<<Then my mouse aggravates things by not wanting to scroll smoothly but only one line at a time.>>> Isn't that aggravating! That is not the fault of the mouse, though, but is determined by the developers of the software you are using to read your email. When that happens, abandon the mouse temporarily in favor of the Page Down and Page Up buttons. One keystroke moves the text up or down a whole page (actually a whole window less one line). Try using the keyboard for some tasks in place of the mouse. The longer I use the computer I more find that I am using the keyboard in place of the mouse. I think the board is faster as well as easier. There is a keystroke(s) equivalent for almost everything that can be done with a mouse. Regards, Bob Bowling Overland Park, KS Cc: "Will A. Kuipers" <[log in to unmask]>