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Data entry and keyboard skill

Chapter 2 covers keyboard skills, emphasizing the importance of the keyboard as a primary input method and detailing various keys and their functions. It also introduces the numeric keypad, home keys, and guide keys for touch typing, along with instructions for typing, deleting text, and using pointing devices like a mouse. Additionally, it explains mouse actions such as clicking, dragging, and scrolling.

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Data entry and keyboard skill

Chapter 2 covers keyboard skills, emphasizing the importance of the keyboard as a primary input method and detailing various keys and their functions. It also introduces the numeric keypad, home keys, and guide keys for touch typing, along with instructions for typing, deleting text, and using pointing devices like a mouse. Additionally, it explains mouse actions such as clicking, dragging, and scrolling.

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Chapter 2

Data Entry and Keyboard Skilling


Keyboard Skill
• The most popular text-based input method is the keyboard.
• Typically, a keyboard has more than 100 keys.
• An individual symbol is assigned to each key on a keyboard.
• It enables the computer to accept alphabets, numbers, and symbols.
• The touch method of typing is a way to type without looking at the keys to
locate them.
• Through muscle memory the touch typist is aware of where each key is on
the keyboard. The eight fingers are normally arranged in a horizontal row
down the middle of the keyboard during touch typing (the home row).
• Caps Lock key – It is a toggle key, which when activated, causes all
alphabetic characters to be uppercase.
• Ctrl key – The control key is used in conjunction with other keys to produce
control characters. The meaning of each control character depends on
which program is running.
• Delete key – The Del key deletes the character at the current cursor
position, or the selected object, but does not move the cursor. For
graphics-based applications, the delete key deletes the character to the
right of the insertion point.
• Enter key or Return key – It is used to enter commands or to move the
cursor to the beginning of the next line.
• Esc key – The Escape key is used to send special codes to devices and to
exit (or escape) from programs and tasks.
• Function keys – Special keys labelled F1 to F12. These keys have different
meaning depending on which program is running.
Numeric Keypad
• This keypad is just like a basic calculator. Typically, it is situated on the
right side of the computer keyboard. It has the digits 0 through 9, as well
as the symbols for addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), and
division (/), a decimal point (.), NumLock, and Enter.
• A numeric keypad may function in dual mode as well. In one mode, it
displays numbers, while in the other, it has a variety of keys, including
arrow and page up and down keys. The two modes can be switched
between using NumLock.

Home Keys - Alphabets ASDF are home keys for the left hand and; (semi-
colon) LKJ for the right hand.

Guide Keys - The keys “F” and “J” on a keyboard are referred to as left- and
right-hand guide keys, respectively. Both have a tiny raised tactile mark that
the touch typist can use to position their fingertips accurately on the home
keys.
Typing And Deleting Text –
• For typing text in a document, you should click on the letters on the
keyboard.
• For deleting text in a document, you should use the backspace key or the
delete key. The backspace key will remove text from behind (to the left of)
your cursor position.
• For typing numbers in a document, you should use the numbers lock or the
numbers on the second row of keys on the keyboard.

Typing Capital Letters - To type capital letters, switch ON the Caps Lock by
pressing the key before typing.

Typing Symbols - Press and hold the key and then press the shift key with
the required symbol. There are two Shift keys on the keyboard.

Typing Sentences - To get space between typed words, press the space bar
once and then type the next word.
Creating New Lines And Spaces Between Paragraphs - The Enter or
return key is used to create new lines and spaces between paragraphs.
Guide For Typing – The cursor keys serve as a guide for typing. They can
be used to move the position of the cursor. The cursor is the small downward
line that flickers in a sentence while typing. Move the position of the cursor by
clicking the position with a mouse.

Pointing Devices (Mouse)


• The three main components of a mouse are its buttons, handling area, and
rolling object.
• To detect mouse motion, some of them employ a tracking ball at the
bottom, while others use a certain sort of light beam.
Mouse Pointers

• This mouse pointer will appear as you move it around the screen (it
can also be used to move things).
• This mouse pointer will also appear as you move it around the
screen, particularly if it is over text.
• While working on a web browser, the pointer changes to a pointing
finger symbol as moved it over the page. This identifies a hyperlink.

Mouse Actions
• Click or left click – It is used to select an item. Press down once on the
left button with your index finger.
• Double click – It is used to start a program or open a file or trigger an
action.
• Right click – It is used to display a set of commands and available options.
• Drag and drop – It enables the selection and relocation of an object from
one place to another. Place the mouse pointer over an object, then drag it
by holding down the mouse’s left side.
• Scroll – Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to move the page on the
screen up or down.
• Blocking – Another method of selecting text is blocking. It is applied to
text that has to be formatted or altered. Hold down the left button while
clicking at the start of the phrase or sentence to highlight it in black as you
drag the text. Release the left button after the text or sentence has
finished.

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