iCEV Intro to Keyboarding Terminology

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Hard Return

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Ending a line of text and moving the cursor to the next line by pressing the enter key.

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Home Row

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Keys where fingers are initially placed or where fingers return while typing.

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Keyboarding

Back

Act of entering data into a computer through the use of a keyboard.

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QWERTY Keyboard

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Can be identified by the top row of letters and places all alphabetical keys and numbers in the same location regardless of the computer.

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Shift Keys

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Keys on the computer keyboard used to type capital letters.

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Word Wrap

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Cursor automatically moves to the next line without having to press the enter key; referred to as a soft return.