New wireless mouse wont scroll

Hi
I have an Imac 10.4.11 and I have just purchased a new apple bluetooth mouse today but I cant get it to scroll down through a website as they do in the video on the apple site.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
I have gone into system preferences and tried to see under mouse if I can activate these functions but its not available as an option.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hi
Are you talking about a "Mighty Mouse" or a "Magic Mouse"? Or an easier way to distinguish would be do you have a scroll ball? If you do, I would say that there's a good chance it's not scrolling properly because it's dirty. You could probably use a isopropyl alcohol pad or cloth with a slight amount of rubbing alcohol to rub it back and forth to clean it, see if that helps. Be sure to pull the batteries and turn it off, just to be on the safe side.

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