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Graves Keyboarding
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The home keys for the left hand. | A, S, D, F |
| The home keys for the right hand. | J, K, L, ; |
| Insert a space between words. | Space Bar |
| Creates a new paragraph or forces the cursor to the next line. | Enter (or Return) |
| Key that allows selection of capital letters when depressing the alphabet characters, or selecting the characters above other non-alpha keys. | Shift |
| While working with text, use this key to delete characters to the left of the insertion point. | Backspace (or Delete) |
| Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button. | Esc |
| This is often used to move 5 spaces to indent the beginning of a paragraph. | Tab |
| Locks the keyboard in "Capitals" mode (only applies to Alpha keys). | Caps Lock |
| Holding this key down and pressing other key combinations will initiate quite a few actions like copying, pasting or printing. | Ctrl |
| How many spaces should there be after a “?”? | 1 |
| How many spaces should there be after a “:”? | 2 |
| How many spaces should there be after a “.” at the end of a sentence? | 1 |
| How many spaces should there be after a “.” in initials and titles? | 1 |
| How many spaces should there be after a “.” in academic degrees and geographic abbreviations? | None |
| How many spaces should there be after a “,”? | 1 |
| How many spaces should there be before or after a “-“? | None |
| How many spaces should there be before or after a “—“? | None |
| How many spaces should there be before or after a “/”? | None |
| How many spaces should there be after a “;”? | 1 |
| # | hashtag, number, pound |
| ^ | caret |
| & | ampersand |
| @ | at |
| * | asterisk, also used for multiplication in math in place of "x" |
| ( ) | parentheses |
| { } | braces |
| [ ] | brackets |
| < > | angle brackets |
| - | hyphen, also used to subtract in math |
| _ | underscore |
| / | slash or forward slash, also used for division in math instead of "÷" |
| The "S" in SECRET stands for... | Sit up straight, wrists straight |
| The first "E" in SECRET stands for... | keep Eyes on the text (that you're typing or typing from) |
| The "C" in SECRET stands for... | Curved fingers on the Correct keys |
| The "R" in SECRET stands for... | maintain a Reasonable rhythm |
| The second "E" in SECRET stands for... | Erase errors properly |
| The "T" in SECRET stands for... | Tap keys (as if they were hot), no mashing |
| . | period |
| : | colon |
| ; | semicolon |
| , | comma |
| " | double quotation marks |
| ' | single quotation mark or apostrophe |
| \ | backslash |
| | | vertical bar or pipe key |
| ~ | tilde |