Here are some keyboard and mouse exercises to improve your skills.
The computer keyboard set up exactly like a typewriter. It is a standard "QWERTY" keyboard with special keys for computer functions. The name "QWERTY" comes from the letters on the upper left side of the keyboard.
Sometimes you use special keys or key combinations. These combinations depend on what program you are currently using. In Microsoft Word (the word processing application used most frequently):
| To... | Use these keys... |
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Type a CAPITAL letter |
Hold down the Shift key |
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Move the cursor around the screen |
Use the Arrow keys |
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Make all the letters CAPITAL |
Use the Caps Lock Key |
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Go to the next line |
Press the Enter key |
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Remove text to the LEFT of the cursor |
Press the Back Space key |
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Remove text to the RIGHT of cursor |
Press the Delete key |
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Type the @ symbol |
Hold Shift and press the 2 key |
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Type the ~ (tilde) symbol |
Hold Shift and press the ` key |
