Keyboarding SPA 7

The individual keys for letters, numbers and special characters. The layout of these keys is patterned after the original layout of keys on a typewriter with the most widely used layout in the English language called QWERTY, named after the sequence of the first 6 letters from the top left.

• Character keys/Alphanumeric Keys.

• Entering and Editing keys

• Modifier keys-

• Navigation keys-

It is used together with other keys (e.g., Control, Shift, Alt)

• Entering and Editing keys

• Modifier keys

• Character keys/Alphanumeric Keys.

These are common to almost all keyboards (e.g., Enter, Delete, Insert)

• Entering and Editing keys

• Character keys/Alphanumeric Keys.

• Modifier keys

It carry out directions (e.g., arrows for up, down, left, right)

• Modifier Keys

• Navigation keys-

• Lock keys

It typically perform a very specific task within a particular software application. (e.g., F1, F2, etc.). What these keys do may vary.

• Function keys

• Lock keys

• Entering and Editing keys

• Numeric keys

It is a separate numeric keypad on the right of a keyboard for faster numeric encoding (laptop keyboards do not have these due to the limited space)

• Numeric keys

• System and GUI keys

• Lock keys

• Function keys

These are additional keys sometimes depend on the operating system (ESC, PrtScr, Pause/Break, such as the Windows and Apple keys)

• Function keys

• System and GUI keys

• Numeric keys

It is a pointing device which interacts with items on your computer screen.

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• Monitor

It is the primary input device that is used to enter alphanumeric characters, symbols, and functions into the computer system through the use of buttons or keys.

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Monitor

It is used for activating lock options (e.g., Caps Lock, Num lock).

• Function keys

• Modifier keys

• Lock keys