Keyboarding Basics & Techniques

Letter keys on the keyboard

• Homerow Keys
• Alphabetic Keys
• QWERTY
• Numeric Keys

Used to move the cursor down a line

• Enter/return
• Backspace
• Space Bar
• Shift

The number of keystrokes a typist can make in a timed period.

• GWAN
• minutes
• standard keyboarding word
• GWAM

The most commonly used keyboard arrangement.

• QWERTU
• QWERTY
• ASDF JKL;
• ASDFGJKL;

Used to insert spaces between characters

• Space Bar
• Enter/Return
• Shift
• Backspace

Five characters or any combination of five characters and spaces

• Touch Typing
• Touch Method
• GWAM
• Standard Keyboarding Word

What is your GWAM if you typed 125 characters/spaces in one minute?

• 15
• 20
• 25
• 30

What is your GWAM if you typed 60 characters/spaces in one minute?

• 10
• 12
• 15
• 18

The space bar is struck by the 

• right index finger
• left index finger
• right or left thumb
• pointer

The enter key is struck by the 

• left thumb
• right thumb
• left pinky finger
• right pinky finger