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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? | 0 |
| How many spaces should there be after a “,”? | 1 |
| How many spaces should there be before or after a “-“? | 0 |
| How many spaces should there be before or after a “—“? | 0 |
| How many spaces should there be before or after a “/”? | 0 |
| How many spaces should there be after a “;”? | 1 |
| "#" is called... | hashtag, number, pound |
| "^" is called... | caret |
| "&" is called... | ampersand |
| "@" is called... | at |
| "*" is called... | asterisk, also used for multiplication in math in place of "x" |
| "( )" are called... | parentheses |
| "{ }" are called... | braces |
| "[ ]" are called... | brackets |
| "< >" are called... | angle brackets |
| "-" is called... | hyphen, also used to subtract in math |
| "_" is called... | underscore |
| "/" is called... | 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 (or wait till you finish) |
| The "T" in SECRET stands for... | TAP keys (as if they were hot), no mashing |
| "." is called... | period |
| ":" is called... | colon |
| ";" is called... | semicolon |
| "," is called... | comma |
| " " " is called... | double quotation marks |
| " ' " is called... | single quotation mark or apostrophe |
| "\" is called... | backslash |
| "|" is called... | vertical bar or pipe key |
| "~" is called... | tilde |
| In the home row, the left pinky finger types: | the "a" key |
| In the home row, the left ring finger types: | the "s" key |
| In the home row, the left middle finger types: | the "d" key |
| In the home row, the left pointer/index finger types: | the "f" key |
| In the home row, the right pointer/index finger types: | the "j" key |
| In the home row, the right middle finger types: | the "k" key |
| In the home row, the right ring finger types: | the "l" key |
| In the home row, the right pinky finger types: | the ";" key |
| Turns the number pad on and off | Num Lock |
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EdwardgRM
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