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Keyboarding Unit 1

Unit 1 Vocabulary Words

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GWAM GROSS WORDS KEYED IN A MINUTE
CAPS LOCK CAPITALIZES ALL LETTERS WHEN LOCKED DOWN
HOME KEYS A,S,D,F,J,K,L,AND ;
HARDWARE PHYSICAL PARTS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM
ALTERNATE KEY EXECUTES COMMANDS WITH OTHER KEYS (ALT0
ARROW KEYS MOVES THE INSERTION POINT IN THE DIRECTION INDICATED BY THE ARROW ON EACH KEY
BACKSPACE DELETES THE CHARACTER TO THE LEFT OF THE INSERTION POINT
CONTROL KEY (CTRL) EXECUTES COMMANDS WITH OTHER KEYS
DELETE REMOVES THE CHARACTER TO THE RIGHT OF THE INSERTION POINT
ENTER/RETURN CAUSES THE INSERTION POINT TO MOVE TO THE LEFT MARGIN AND DOWN TO THE NEXT LINE
ESCAPE KEY CLOSES A SOFTWARE MENU OR DIALOG BOX
FUNCTION KEYS SPECIAL KEYS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE KEYBOARD (F1, F2, F3, ETC.)THAT ARE USED ALONE OR WITH THE CTL, ALT AND SHIFT KEYS TO EXECUTE SOFTWARE COMMANDS
KEYBOARDING POSTURE THE CORRECT SEATING POSITION TAUGHT WHEN DEVELOPING TYPING SKILLS
SERVICE KEYS SPECIAL KEYS THAT ALLOW YOU TO USE THE COMPUTER TO PERFORM SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS
SHIFT KEYS MAKES CAPITAL LETTERS AND CERTAIN SYMBOLS WHEN USED WITH THOSE KEYS
SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND ROUTINES THAT CONTROL THE FUNCTIONING OF A COMPUTER
SPACE BAR INSERTS SPACE BETWEEN WORDS AND SENTENCES
TAB KEY MOVES THE INSERTION POINT TO A PRESET POSITION
WORD WRAP CAUSES TEXT TO MOVE AUTOMATICALLY TO A NEW LINE WHEN THE CURRENT LINE IS FULL
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