Choose Paste from the right-click menu.

Right-click inside folder where you want to put the items.

On the tablet, select the files or folders you want copied from the flash drive.

Since you’re copying files from one computer to another, here’s how you’ll copy the items from your flash drive to your Windows tablet: If you’re using a Surface tablet with a snap-on cover, you can use the trackpad to position the arrow over the item you want to right-click then tap both fingers down on the trackpad. In this case, it’s the Recycle Bin, shown to the right in the figure above.

Lift your finger or stylus, and the right-click menu appears, listing all the things you can do with that item.

In a moment, a square or circle will appear, shown in the top, left figure.

Touch the item with your finger or stylus, and keep the finger or stylus pressed down gently.

To right-click an item on a Windows 7 or Windows 8 tablet, follow these two simple steps: Click something with the handy right-mouse button, and a list appears showing everything you can do with that particular item - a handy trick when navigating uncharted seas.Īlthough tablets traditionally use finger controls, the trusty right-click menu hasn’t disappeared.

Many more of you will join the party when the tablet-friendly Windows 8 becomes mainstream.Īs you’ve noticed, Apple hasn’t embraced right-clicking as much as Windows.Īll Windows mice, by contrast, come with at least two buttons. My tablet uses a stylus (also a virtual keyboard which I don’t know how to use), and no mouse.Ī: First, welcome to the world of Windows tablets. I have several questions, but to let you know the extent of my ‘dummy-ness’, what is a ‘right click’? Now I want to transfer a large number of files from my Mac to my tablet PC using a flash drive. Q: I have a new Windows tablet PC, but I’ve always used Apple computers until now.

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