Tip #2762 - Mouse Battery Power
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Mouse
Battery Power
Here's a quickie for
you! Earlier this week, I talked about waking up sleeping mice. I told
you that if you leave your wireless mouse alone for more than eight minutes,
it will be sleeping when you come back. The reason they go into the sleep
mode is to save some battery life, which is of course, very helpful.
Well, there are a
couple other things you can do to save the battery life of your wireless
mouse as well. There is one practice that may not be too practical for
everyone, but if you're able, you can always try it. I'm talking about
using your mouse as little as possible. If you know several keyboard shortcuts,
you should use them! (Or at least use as many as you can). The less you
click your mouse, the more battery life you will save. Of course, this
isn't completely necessary, because a mouse is obviously intended to be
used, but if you're able to give your mouse a break every once in awhile,
it won't hurt a thing.
I know keyboard shortcuts
are hard to learn and it's even harder to remember all of them, so another
thing you can do is keep your mouse on a white piece of paper or a highly
reflective surface when it is resting. This will help conserve some of
the battery power too. (Thanks to a newsletter reader for that little
tidbit!)
Go on and give your
mouse a break when you can. It will thank you in the end!
~ Erin
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