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Parts and Function of The Keyboard

The document provides information about the layout and parts of a standard keyboard including the main keypad, function keys, modifier keys, legacy keys, navigation keys, numeric keypad, and indicator lights. It also discusses proper finger placement on the keyboard with fingers curved and resting on the home row keys and palms parallel to the slant of the keyboard.

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Parts and Function of The Keyboard

The document provides information about the layout and parts of a standard keyboard including the main keypad, function keys, modifier keys, legacy keys, navigation keys, numeric keypad, and indicator lights. It also discusses proper finger placement on the keyboard with fingers curved and resting on the home row keys and palms parallel to the slant of the keyboard.

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KEYBOAR
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Parts & Layout
of the
Keyboard Layout

1. Main Keypad 5. Navigation Keys


2. Functions Key 6. Numeric Keypad
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3. Modifier Keys 7. Indicator Lights
4. Legacy keys 8. windows & Menu Keys y
Main
Keypad
The main keypad is the primary portion of the keyboard
that
contains all alphanumeric, symbol keys such as percent
sign, dollar sign, punctuations, etc. Also the tab, capslock
keys enter and backspace key are present.
They do not represent printing characters but used for
displaying
control, data structuring, and transmission control depend on the
software currently use.
Tab – Allows the cursor to jump five spaces forward

Caps Lock - a key that, when activated, causes all


alphabetic characters

Space Bar - Used to give spaces between the words.

Backspace key– Used to delete any character before


the current position of the cursor.

Enter Key – Used to enter commands or to move the


cursor to the beginning of the next line.
Functions
The
Keys
Function keys are placed at the top of
row keyboard marked with F1, F2.......F12 the

They are used to perform special


functions.
Modifier
Keys
They are designed to be held down in conjunction with
other keys to accomplish specific functions. The shift key
is used to change the capitalization of a main key. The
same goes for the Alt and Ctrl keys is used to change the
function of other pressed keys.
L egacy K eys
They are designed to be held down in conjunction with other
keys to accomplish specific functions. Esc normally used to
interrupt or cancel an activity. Print screen the key either
sends the current screen image to the computer clipboard.
The Scroll lock key is intended to temporarily stop the
scrolling of text or halt the operation of a program.
Pause/Break key it can be used by software to switch
between multiple login sessions, to terminate a program or
stop state.
Navigation K eys
These include the cursor keys, which have four arrows.
These arrows move the cursor one space in the indicated
direction.
Above these keys are a block of
six keys that include the Insert
which allows text to be inserted,
Delete keys refers to removing
a file, the Home key is often
used to return the user to the
beginning of the line and the
End key which move to line
end.
Numeric
The keys marked Keys
with numbers from 0 to 9 are called
Number Keys.
Also contain decimal
point arranged as on an
adding machine,
arithmetic operations and
enter key. Numeric
keypads make it easier to
enter large amounts of
numeric data.
Indicator Lights
Used to control LED of the Numlock,
Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock indicator
lights on the keyboard which can be
state of being always on, always off
or flash.
Windows and Menu Key
The window key opens, the start menu
of windows operating system. The
menu key, opens a pop-up menu that
often the user additional commands.
P roper Finger placement
in the keyboard
Finger Placement
•Fingers placed on home row (ASDF JKL;)

•Fingers curved in a scratch-like position and the


thumb positioned close to the center of the space
bar.

•Palms, wrists, lower arms parallel to the slant of


the keyboard
 Fingers placed on home row (ASDF

JKL
); LEFT HANDRIGHT HAND
SMALL FINGER – INDEX FINGER –
A J
RING FINGER – MIDDLE FINGER –
S K
MIDDLE FINGER – RING FINGER –
D L
INDEX FINGER – SMALL FINGER
F -:;
THUMB - THUMB -
SPACEBAR SPACEBAR
 Fi nge r s curved in a scratch-like position n
a
d
the thumb positioned close to the center of
the space bar.
Finger curve
s and d
The upright.
fingers tipsslightl
of
touchin y
g keys
Fingers .
slightly
over home ar
row position e
curve
d
 Palms, wrists, lower arms parallel
to the slant of the keyboard

Wrists kept low


and relaxed of
the f
keyboard surface.
or
desk your palm
Don’t
or wrist touch the
machine.
Keyboard Finger Chart

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