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DISABLED USER NEEDS "PICK"

DISABLED USER NEEDS "PICK"

DISABLED USER NEEDS "PICK"

(OP)
I AM WORKING WITH A USER WHO WAS RECENTLY DISABLED AND CANNOT USE HIS FINGERS FOR MOUSE COMMANDS. DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO ENABLE A KEY ON THE KEYBOARD FOR THE MOUSE "PICK" BUTTON IN AUTOCAD?

RE: DISABLED USER NEEDS "PICK"

There are two ways of doing this.
If you want Windows to help out, you go to -
Start> Programs> Accessories> Accessibility> Accessibility Wizard> and follow the steps
   OR For AutoCAD try
IF you need to change your current pointing device, Go to tools> Options> System > Current Pointing Device--
Click on current pointing device and change to-- Wintab Compatible Digitizer.

RE: DISABLED USER NEEDS "PICK"

There are two ways of doing this.
If you want Windows to help out, you go to -
Start> Programs> Accessories> Accessibility> Accessibility Wizard> and follow the steps
   OR
For AutoCAD -
IF you need to change your current pointing device, Go to tools> Options> System > Current Pointing Device--
Click on current pointing device and change to-- Wintab Compatible Digitizer.
  Good Luck

RE: DISABLED USER NEEDS "PICK"

You might try voice activation

RE: DISABLED USER NEEDS "PICK"

(OP)
Just a note on this post that I made... The user can move the mouse with no problems but imagine having no fingers on your mouse hand. Hence the need to use the keyboard for the "pick" button (left button). Any hints would be helpful.

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