Chapter 2 - The Big Picture
Using the Keyboard
Function keys
Escape
Backspace
Tab
Fn key
Alt |
Ctrl |
Shift |
Enter
The keyboard is your primary means of giving your computer numbers and words, and telling it what to do with them. The keyboard works much like the keys on a typewriter, but computer keyboards have several specialty keys. Most of today’s software packages have several standard uses for the specialty keys. For example, in most software packages, pressing the F1 key summons the online help feature.
The list on the next page explains the most important keys on the keyboard.
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