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title: Mouse
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-<p>Ardour is designed to work best with a three button mouse equipped with a scroll wheel. </p>
-<p>It can be used with a two button mouse or touchpad, but at least two key operations will not (easily) be available to you:</p>
+<p>
+ Ardour is designed to work best with a <dfn>three button mouse</dfn>
+ equipped with a <dfn>scroll wheel</dfn>.
+</p>
+<p>
+ It can be used with a two button mouse or touchpad, but at least two key
+ operations will not (easily) be available to you:
+</p>
<ul>
-<li>time-constrained region copying
-</li>
-<li><a href="/using-control-surfaces/midi-learn/">MIDI bindings</a> created by "learning" them from incoming MIDI
-</li>
+ <li>time-constrained region copying</li>
+ <li><a href="/using-control-surfaces/midi-learn/"><abbr title="Musical
+ Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr> bindings</a>
+ created by "learning" them from incoming MIDI data</li>
</ul>
-<p>You are strongly encouraged to invest in a two button mouse. You will find that a good quality mouse (especially one with a weighted, latchable scroll wheel) will make your use of Ardour vastly more efficient. They are cheap, and time is not.</p>
-
-<p>For more detailed instructions see <a href="/ardours-interface/basic-gui-operations/using-the-mouse/">Using the mouse</a>.</a></p>
+<p>
+ You are strongly encouraged to invest in a three-button mouse. You will
+ find that a good quality mouse (especially one with a weighted,
+ latchable scroll wheel) will make your use of Ardour vastly more
+ efficient. They are cheap, and time is not.
+</p>
+<p>
+ For more detailed instructions, see
+ <a href="/ardours-interface/basic-gui-operations/using-the-mouse/">Using the mouse</a>.
+</p>