Keyboarding Alphabetic Keys

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KeyboardingAlphabetic Keys

• Lesson 1

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Objectives

• Learn the body posture and position for
  keyboarding
• Operate the alphabetic keys by touch
• Learn the Home keys
• Practice the Home keys
• Learn the Space bar
• Learn the Enter key
• Build your skills

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Body Posture
Keep eyes on the copy
Body centered opposite to the J key, upper part
leaning slightly forward, elbows a hands distance
from the body
Arms and wrists steady, fingers on the home
keys And close to the keyboard In a scratch-like
position
Feet flat on the floor
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Incorrect Posture
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Getting Ready

• Before you begin to type, you need to know a few
  thing about computer screen.
• Insertion point- is a mark on that blinks on the
  screen and it appears where text will be entered
  (l or _ )
• Word wrap-is when words wrap to the next line
• Scrolling-is when the text is moved up and down
• Arrow keys-are used to move the insertion point
  up, down, left, and right

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Types of Keyboarding Keys

• There are three types of key
• Alphabetic Keys
• Numeric and Symbol Keys
• Numeric Keypad

Esc
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
Print screen
Scroll Lock
Pause Break

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_at_ 2
3
5
7
4
6
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) 0
_ -

Back
Insert
Home
Page up
Q
W
E
Y
T
R
Tab
U
I
O


P
\
Delete
End
Page Down
A
J
H
G
F
D
S


L
K
Caps Lock
Enter
X
C
Z
Shift
V
B
gt .
lt ,
M
N
? /
Shift
Ctrl
Alt
Ctrl
Alt
Space Bar
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Home Keys

• Home keys are eight keys where you keep your
  fingertips A S D F J K L (semicolon)

Esc
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
Print screen
Scroll Lock
Pause Break

! 1
_at_ 2
3
5
7
4
6
8
( 9
) 0
_ -

Back
Insert
Home
Page up
Q
W
E
Y
T
R
Tab
U
I
O


P
\
Delete
End
Page Down
A
J
H
G
F
D
S


L
K
Caps Lock
Enter
X
C
Z
Shift
V
B
gt .
lt ,
M
N
? /
Shift
Ctrl
Alt
Ctrl
Alt
Space Bar
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Learn the Home Keys

• The home keys are always using the fingers as
  shown in
• illustration

j
k
d
f
s
l
You will use the thumb of the hand you write with
to tab the space bar.
a

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Finger Position on Home Keys