No right click on mouse

I have a second hand imac, which I love, but the mouse doesn't have a right-click function. I looked in system, under mouse options, and there's no selection for right click. Is there some place else I can look? Just got this imac for Christmas, so still learning. Your help would be appreciated.

If you can't specify right click in your mouse's preferences, clicking and holding down the control key at the same time will give you a right click.

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