Computer Skills Keyboard Terms

The __ keys move the cursor on the screen up, down, left, and right.

• control keys
• function keys
• shift keys
• arrow

The __ key moves the cursor one character to the left and deletes that character.

• Delete
• Enter
• Tab
• Backspace

The__ and __ keys are used in combination with other keys to access functions that are built into your word processing software.

• Home, End
• Fn, Tab
• Ctrl, Alt
• Shift, Esc

The __ key allows you to use the numeric keypad.

• Shift
• Caps Lock
• Scroll Lock
• Num Lock

A temporary left margin that indents all lines but the first line of text.

• hanging indent
• right indent
• double indent
• first line indent

The __ key moves the cursor directly to the beginning of a line.

• Page Up
• End
• Arrow Left
• Home

The __ and _ _ keys move the page up or down one screen at a time from the current display.

• Arrow Up and Arrow Down
• Page Up and Page Down
• Scroll Up and Scroll Down
• Home and End

The __ key removes text directly over the cursor.

• Home
• Insert
• Backspace
• Delete

The __ key moves the cursor directly to the end of a line.

• End
• Home
• Arrow Right
• Page Down

The __ key toggles between insert mode and type over or overstrike mode.

• Insert
• Home
• Delete
• Escape