1. Week 2
Keyboard Orientation

2. Open a Word document and practice

3. The Keyboard
Whenever you use a computer, you’ll probably use a keyboard. The most common kind is referred to as a ‘QWERTY’ keyboard after the keys on the top row of letters. It was invented by C L Scholes in the 1860s when he was working out the best place to put the keys on a manual typewriter.

4. Look at your keyboard.
Some keyboards, especially those on laptops, will have a slightly different layout. For example, yours might not have a number pad or the delete key may be in a different place. But virtually all keyboards will have these important keys somewhere.

5. Keyboard shortcuts
Here is a link to more keyboard shortcuts

6. UPPER-CASE & lower-case
If you type you will get lower case
If you hold down the shift key you will get UPPER-CASE

7. Mistakes Backspace Delete Remove letters to the left
Remove letters to the right

8. Now type this sentence
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Remember to capitalize
Remember the period.
This is a good sentence to practice because it contains all the letters of the alphabet

9. Arrow keys
You can move the cursor along this sentence without deleting anything by using the arrow keys
Try moving the cursor backwards and forwards through your sentence.

10. Number Pad
To use this to type numbers, you have to press the Num Lock key.

11. Numbers and Symbols
You can also type using the numbers on the main keyboard.
Above these numbers are various symbols, which include ‘$’, ‘&’, ‘!’.
To use these, hold down the Shift key while you type.
Press Shift and 7 = & Last night I won $2,475,638 on the lottery!

12. Other Symbols
You will find similar extra symbols elsewhere on the keyboard
They operate by using the Shift key.

13. Capitals There is a light on the keyboard when the CAPS LOCK is on.
Remember to turn it off when you are finished

14. More navigation
See what happens when you press these keys

15. Ctrl + Alt + Delete + Esc
You’ll be told to use the ‘Control’ (Ctrl) and ‘Alternate’ (Alt) keys for some operations.
When you do so, keep holding down one or the other key or both keys while you press any other keys
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete at the same time.
What happened?