Introduction to Keyboarding

The keys on a keyboard that move the cursor left or right, up or down.

• Scroll Key
• Arrow Keys
• Enter Key
• Space Bar Key

This key moves the cursor to the left one space at a time.

• Delete Key
• End Key
• Backspace Key
• Num Lock Key

The key on the keyboard that is used to key all capital letters without holding the shift key.

• Caps Lock Key
• Shift Key
• Enter Key
• Backspace Key

This key is used to erase characters once they are highlighted.

• Backspace Key
• Arrow Keys
• Delete Key
• Enter Key

The key on the keyboard that is used to exit a program.

• Escape Key
• Exit Key
• End Key
• Delete Key

asdfjkl; - these are designated as the keys from which all keystrokes are made. 

• Top Row Keys
• Qwerty Keyboard
• Numeric Keyboard
• Home Row Keys

This is known to be the most common keyboard arrangement, named for the first letters across the top row.

• Numeric Keyboard
• Computer Keyboard
• Qwerty Keyboard
• Typing Keyboard

This key is the longest key on the keyboard. It is used to place a space between words.

• space bar key
• Numeric Keys
• Enter Key
• Shift Key

The keys across the top of the keyboard (F1-F12)

• Shift Keys
• Function Keys
• Space Bar Key
• Scroll Key

keys used to make capital letters (also called upper case letters). Use LEFT ___ for caps of letters typed with right hand. Use RIGHT ___ for caps of letters typed with left hand. Also used to type symbols on top of number keys on top row.

• Caps Lock Key
• Enter Key
• Shift Keys
• Home Row Keys