Keyboarding Terms

Accuracy

• degree of freedom from errors measured from zero

• a key used to erase characters once they are highlighted

Caps Lock

• placing text so that half of text is on each side of center point

• key used to key all capital letters w/out holding shift

Rate

• keyboard operator's form or keying technique

• speed of doing a task

Editing

• key on the keyboard that is used to key all capital letters

• arranging, changing, and correcting existing text

Lighted point on a display screen where the next character of a space can be entered.

• Enter

• Cursor

• Document

• Default

text, especially formatted, such as a numbered list, memo, letter, report, outline.

• Editing

• Error

• Document

• Key

Keyboard operator's form or keying style

• Word Wrap

• Proofreading

• Keyboard

• Technique

Moves the cursor to the left one space at a time

• Delete Key

• ESC Key

• Backspace Key

• Function Keys

Preset condition in software that controls margin, line spacing, and tab settings.

• Alignment

• Default

• Function Keys

• Cursor

A key used to erase characters once they are highlighted.

• Backspace

• Delete Key

• ESC Key

• Enter