Keyboarding Basics

1.         Five characters or any combination of five characters and spaces.

Locks the alphabetic keys in uppercase

Used to delete text to the left of the cursor

Used to delete text at the cursor position and to the right of the cursor

Used to move the cursor down a line

arrangement of the copy, mouse, and other materials on the desk

The form and keying style that a typist uses while operating the keyboard

The way the typist sits; the way the typist’s arms, wrists, fingers, legs and feet are placed

To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method

most common layout of the keyboard