This Excel tutorial explains how to enable the right mouse click in Excel 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).
Question: I'm using Excel for Mac and there are instructions that say to right click in Excel, but I don't have 'Right Click' capability. How can I enable my mouse to allow a right click on the Mac?
Right-Click In macOS. If you’re a Mac user you probably already know that the so-called “alternate click” isn’t set up by default. So if you try to right-click with the keyboard out of the box on a Mac, well, nothing happens. You need to set up right-click behavior with the mouse in System Preferences under the mouse and trackpad options. Click on your mouse. How to Right Click on Your MacBook by Using Custom Mouse Settings. Holding down the Control key while clicking on your mouse is the default way of doing a right click on your MacBook, but if you don’t want to use two hands to do a right click, you can just customize your system preferences to instruct your Mac to perform.
Answer: You can easily change the settings on your Mac to allow a secondary click on your mouse. In other words, allow your mouse to have both a left click and a right click response.
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To do this, first select your System Preferences. Apple keyboard shortcuts. This icon looks like a gear and is usually found at the bottom of your screen.
Once your System Preferences window opens, click on the Mouse icon.
Apple lightning hard drive. When the Mouse window opens, you will be able to configure the behavior of your mouse on your Mac.
Right Click On Macbook Pro Laptop
Select the option called Secondary click so that it is checked.
Then choose Click on right side from the drop down.
Right Click On Macbook Keyboard
Now when you click on the right side of the mouse, it will simulate a right mouse button click. When you click on the left side of the mouse, it will send a left mouse click.