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Lesson 5 - Keyboarding Techniques

The document discusses keyboarding techniques including posture, keyboard layout, accuracy and speed, correct stroking, types of keys on a keyboard like function keys and control keys, navigating and operating the cursor, setting margins and home keys.

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Lesson 5 - Keyboarding Techniques

The document discusses keyboarding techniques including posture, keyboard layout, accuracy and speed, correct stroking, types of keys on a keyboard like function keys and control keys, navigating and operating the cursor, setting margins and home keys.

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Keyboarding

techniques
• Posture
• Keyboard layout
• Accuracy and speed
• Correct stroking
• Is the main input device on a
computer system.
• They are all developed differently
based on the country of origin,

Keyboard manufacturer and the computer


designed for.
• Keyboards can be built in
(laptops) or can be a peripheral
(desktops).
Qwerty keyboards

THIS IS THE MOST COMMON IT GETS ITS NAME FROM THE


KEYBOARD USED ON ENGLISH FIRST SIX LETTERS ON THE TOP
LANGUAGE COMPUTERS. LEFT OF THE KEYBOARD.
Qwerty keyboards
Types of keys on the keyboard
Types of keys
• Applications and operating systems can assign specific
commands to the function keys.
• For example, Microsoft Word assigns its help feature to
function key F1.
• Pressing function key F5 in Word activates the Find and
Replace feature.
• Function keys
• Control keys
• Type writer keys
Control keys
• The set of control keys provides cursor and screen control. This includes:
A. End
B. Home
C. Page Up
D. Page Down
E. Four arrow keys, typically marked
Cursor
• The cursor is an indicator used to show the position on
a computer monitor or other display device that will
respond to input from a text or pointing device.
• In Word, the cursor appears as a blinking vertical bar.
• Any key designated for cursor movement is called a
cursor control key.
• Cursor movement keys or arrow keys move the cursor
in a specified direction.
Navigating a document

• Control keys are useful for moving around within a


document. This is called navigating a document.
• Efficient document navigation is an essential skill as it
helps to improve the speed and accuracy with which
documents are created and amended.
(The capabilities of the eight keys mentioned above may be
extended by using
the Control (CTRL), ALT and SHIFT keys. These keys are called
modifiers and cannot be used alone
Example
• When the HOME key is used by itself, the insertion point (the position of
the cursor) is moved to the start of the current line.
• When the CTRL + HOME keys are pressed together, the insertion point is
moved to the top of the document.
Operating the cursor
To move the cursor Press
one character to the left  Left arrow
one character to the right  Right arrow
one line up  Up arrow
one line down  Down arrow
one word to the left CTRL + Left arrow
one word to the right CTRL + Right arrow
to the end of a document CTRL + END
Operating the cursor
To move the cursor Press
to the top of the next page CTRL + PgDn
to the bottom of the window CTRL + ALT + PgDn
up one screen PgUp
to the top of the previous page CTRL + PgUp
to the top of the window CTRL + ALT + PgUp
to the beginning of the current line HOME
to the beginning of a document CTRL + HOME
to the end of the current line END
Posture at the computer
• One of the ways to become efficient as a typist is to assume the correct
posture when typing:
• Ensure that you are comfortably seated with your:
• feet flat on the floor, one slightly ahead of the other.
• back supported by a comfortable chair.
• fingers on the home keys.
• wrists slightly arched – not resting on the keyboard or on the desk.
Posture at the computer
If you are copying from another document:
• keep your eyes on the copy – not the keyboard!
• keep the copy you are typing from in a position where it can be easily
seen.
Copy
• The copy is the document from which you type. It may be in
the form of a book or paper.
• While sitting in this manner, make sure that the seat height
allows you to be within easy reach of the keys and have a
comfortable view of the monitor.
• The monitor should be adjusted to be at your eye level and the
seat, if possible, should be adjusted according to your height.
Good posture allows you to:

• Easily reach the keys;


• Work with speed and accuracy;
• Avoid strain on your body.
Example
Setting your margins
• Before you begin typing, you need to create the boundaries that you will
type in. these are called margins.
• One-inch margins are mostly used in the preparation of documents.
The steps in setting margins are:
• click on the Page Layout tab;
• select Margins;
choose:
• Normal, which is already set at one inch for each side – top, bottom, left
and right; or
• Custom Margins to change the margins to suit your needs.
Home keys
The home keys
• a s d f – typed with the left hand;
• ; l k j – typed with the right hand.

Left-Hand Fingers Keys Right- hand Fingers Keys


Index F Index J
Middle D Middle K
Ring S Ring L
Pinky A Pinky ;

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