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Use Your Mouse Wheel for Quick Scrolling in the Office 2007 Ribbon

By Rick Broida

Updated on: August 11, 2009 / 10:47 AM EDT / MoneyWatch

I think it goes without saying that the greatest invention since the mouse is the mouse wheel. I can't comfortably operate a computer without one.

Most users know that the wheel makes for quick and easy scrolling in Web pages and documents. But you may not have known that Office 2007 has a little mouse-wheel trick up its sleeve. Watch and learn (in full-screen mode for the best experience):

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Okay, so it's not an earth-shattering trick, but now that I've discovered it, I'm using it all the time. And it reminds me of another mouse-wheel hack I absolutely positively can't live without: WizMouse, a free utility that makes the scroll wheel work wherever your mouse is pointed.

Got an even better mouse-wheel trick? Share it in the comments! Photo by Rodrigo Senna.