If you're reading this blog, there's a good chance you know at least a little bit about using your computer. However, you might not be that comfortable with your keyboard just yet. You might find that you have a new job, externship, or class that requires you to use a keyboard more often than you're used to. Don't be too discouraged if you find it difficult. Using a computer keyboard is like anything else: the more you practice, the better at it you become.
You might not know what all the keys are for. Here are explanations of some of the most important ones.
Esc: Escape, stop what you are doing
Tab: Move the cursor (the blinking line that appears where you want to type) ahead. You can use it to indent new paragraphs in a word processing program or to move to the next box or blank in an application.
Caps Lock: Press this button to type all capital letters. Click it again to type lower case ones.
Shift: Hold this button down to type capital letters. Also, when a key has two characters (such as the key that has both a @ and a 2 on it), and you want to type the top image, hold down the shift key and type the symbol you want. In order words, to type @, hold down Shift and press the @2 key. (To type 2, you do not have to hold down Shift.)
(Image from http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/keyboard/, retrieved February 1, 2012)
Backspace ß: Erase something that you typed.
Enter: Move to the next line. Start a new paragraph. Sometimes the program will skip space between paragraphs. You can hold Shift and Enter to move to the next line.
The arrow keys move the cursor.
Num Lock: Numbers lock. Do you see how there are numbers on the right side of the keyboard? If you press Numbers lock (or someone else did before you went on the computer), you can type numbers. This can come in handy if your job requires you to type numbers quickly. If Num Lock is off, these keys will just move the cursor around.
(Image from http://realtimer.hubpages.com/hub/A-Z-Windows-Key-Commands, retrieved February 1, 2012)
Highlighted in this diagram is the Windows key. This key and the Alt and Ctrl keys are used for different functions. For example, to print, you can hold down Ctrl and press P. To make the words and images larger and easier to see, hold down Ctrl and press +=. To make them smaller again, hold down Ctrl and press _-.
For more explanations of the key's functions, visit http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/keyboard/.
You might not know what all the keys are for. Here are explanations of some of the most important ones.
Esc: Escape, stop what you are doing
Tab: Move the cursor (the blinking line that appears where you want to type) ahead. You can use it to indent new paragraphs in a word processing program or to move to the next box or blank in an application.
Caps Lock: Press this button to type all capital letters. Click it again to type lower case ones.
Shift: Hold this button down to type capital letters. Also, when a key has two characters (such as the key that has both a @ and a 2 on it), and you want to type the top image, hold down the shift key and type the symbol you want. In order words, to type @, hold down Shift and press the @2 key. (To type 2, you do not have to hold down Shift.)
(Image from http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/keyboard/, retrieved February 1, 2012)
Backspace ß: Erase something that you typed.
Enter: Move to the next line. Start a new paragraph. Sometimes the program will skip space between paragraphs. You can hold Shift and Enter to move to the next line.
The arrow keys move the cursor.
Num Lock: Numbers lock. Do you see how there are numbers on the right side of the keyboard? If you press Numbers lock (or someone else did before you went on the computer), you can type numbers. This can come in handy if your job requires you to type numbers quickly. If Num Lock is off, these keys will just move the cursor around.
(Image from http://realtimer.hubpages.com/hub/A-Z-Windows-Key-Commands, retrieved February 1, 2012)
Highlighted in this diagram is the Windows key. This key and the Alt and Ctrl keys are used for different functions. For example, to print, you can hold down Ctrl and press P. To make the words and images larger and easier to see, hold down Ctrl and press +=. To make them smaller again, hold down Ctrl and press _-.
For more explanations of the key's functions, visit http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/keyboard/.
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