Dashboard keeps popping up

I am new to the MAC world and am having trouble with it. Right now i feel like a bought a lemon and am ready to go back to my PC. The one problem I am having is that the dashboard keeps popping up and flashing on the screen. Am I doing something wrong or is something wrong with my MAC?

Hello James:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
FWIW, if you go back, you will be the first person I have heard of to do that
Dashboard is invoked at least two ways:
1. Pressing the F4 key on the keyboard.
2. Pressing (if you have a wired mouse) the scroll wheel.
Barry

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