At the bottom of the screen, you will see a symbol that looks like this:

That symbol consists of a “greater-than” sign with a little line underneath it. That little line is called a cursor.

On your keyboard, just above the m key, you will notice two keys with arrows on them. These are the cursor keys. To see how they work, press this cursor key:

The cursor moves to the right, but the “greater-than” sign does not move. If you hold this key down, the cursor will move to the right repeatedly, stopping only when you release your finger from the key.

Virtually all keys on the keyboard have this automatic repeating action: the cursor keys, the letter, number, and punctuation keys, the space bar, and the IRETURI(( key. This repeating action is a great convenience-but it also means that you must not rest your hands on the keys, for doing so will have the same effect as striking those keys repeatedly.

Now press this cursor key:

The cursor moves one space to the left. Use it to move the cursor back to its original position underneath the greater-than sign.

As you can see, it’s easy to move the cursor right and left. But how do you move the cursor up and down?

To move the cursor vertically, you must use alkey. For example, to move the cursor up, hold down aI key and press this key:

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To move the cursor down, hold down a m key and press this key:

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