Using the Keyboard

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Using the Keyboard

Your keyboard is very similar to a typewriter’s, but the keyboard has additional keys that perform specific computer-related tasks.

 

 

Print Screen key

Escape Key

Function keys

Correction keys

Backspace key

Shift key

Function key

Ctrl key

 

 

 

Fn key

Alt key

Numeric keypad area

Navigation keys

Windows key

Applications key

 

Key

Description

 

 

Numeric keypad

Contains the keys found on a typical calculator.

area

Use the numeric keypad area to type numbers or

 

to perform mathematical calculations such as

 

addition and subtraction. Note that you must

 

press the Num Lock key to activate the numeric

 

keypad. (When you do so, the Num Lock light

 

will be on.)

 

 

Navigation keys

Several keys are devoted to moving the cursor on

 

the screen (the four arrow keys which also

 

function as the Home, End, Page Up, and Page

 

Down keys).

 

 

Correction keys

The Insert, Back Space, and Delete keys enable

 

you to make corrections in your documents.

 

 

Function keys

The 12 function keys along the top of the keyboard

 

are used to perform designated tasks. For

 

example, in many applications, F1 is the Help key.

 

The task associated with each function key may

 

vary from one application to the next.

 

 

Escape key

The Esc (Escape) key is used to cancel commands.

 

 

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