If you are not sure, ask another student:
e.g.: What does this key do?
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This key moves the cursor down.
This key moves the cursor to the right.
This key inserts a character.
This key copies the screen display.
This key moves the screen up.
This key doesn't have a fixed function.
This key gives you all lower case letters. |
e) Using the information from the Listening on page 18, and in Task 7, describe what these keys do:
4 Reading
There is some more information about the keyboard layout:
Keyboard Layout and Data Entry
ENTER or RETURN - Moves the cursor down one line and to the left margin. Enter also process commands such as choosing an option in a dialog (message) boxes and submitting a form.
DEL or DELETE - Deletes the character at cursor and/or characters to the right of the cursor and all highlighted (or selected) text.
BKSP or BACKSPACE - Deletes the character to the left of cursor and all highlighted text.
SPACE BAR - Moves the cursor one space at a time to the right.
SHIFT KEY - Use the shift keys to type capital letters and to type the upper character on keys with two characters on them.
CAPS LOCK - Locks the keyboard so it types capital letters (a light goes on when caps lock is on)
TAB - Moves the cursor five spaces to the right (number of spaces are usually adjustable). Tab moves to the next field in a form or table (Shift-Tab for previous field).
ESC or ESCAPE - Cancels a menu or dialog box.
ARROW KEYS - Moves the cursor around document without changing text.
FUNCTION KEYS or F KEYS - Access commands by themselves or in combination with the three command keys; CTRL, SHIFT, and ALT.
Keyboard Symbols
The following chart displays the character symbols, name and Latin-1 number on a standard keyboard in their approximate position on the keyboard. Most characters from any Roman based language can be created on any computer using the American Standard Code for Information Interchange or ASCII. Most computers and software also recognized American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) formatting standards as well. View the entire ISO Latin -1 Character Set.
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~ Tilde |
! Exclamation Point |
@ At |
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$ Dollar |
% Percent |
^ Caret |
& Ampersand |
* Asterisk |
( Open or Left Parenthesis |
) Close or Right Parenthesis |
_ Underscore or Horizontal Bar |
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- Dash or Hyphen |
= Equals |
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{ Open or Left Curly Brace |
} Close or Right Curly Brace |
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´ Apostrophe or Single Quote |
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. Dot, Period or Full Stop |
/ Solidus or Forward Slash |
Grassroots Updated February 9, 2006
b) Before reading the text try to answer the question:
Do you know what QWERTY stands for?