Keyboarding Basics

This symbol * is called

• Period

• Asterisk

• Ampersand

• Colon

This symbol & is called

• Period

• Asterisk

• Ampersand

• Colon

This symbol # is called   

• Number/Pound/Hashtag

• Asterisk
• Ampersand 
• Dollar sign

To key continuous capital letters, the student must turn on which key? 

•  Left shift 
•  Right shift 
• Caps Lock
• Num Lock

To make a capital letter, you need to hold down the ______ and the letter.

• Shift Key

• Enter Key

• Any Key

• Space Bar

To create a new line, you need to press the _____.

• Enter/Return Key

• Shift Key

• Doesn't matter

• Any Key

A space bar is used to...

• take wooden crates apart.
• take people to space.
• lean on when you are walking up the stairs.
• put spaces between words and letters when typing.

A key that alters the function of another key if both are pressed at the same time.

• Alt Key

• Shift Key

• Function Keys

• Control Keys

Removes the character to the right of the insertion point.

• control

• delete

• escape key

• function keys

Special keys located at the top of the keyboard(F1,F2,F3,etc.) that are used alone or with the Ctrl,Alt, and shift keys to execute software commands.

• function keys

• escape keys

• arrow keys

• delete