Typing

the row of keys where you place your hands in position for typing, A S D F J K L : ;

• home row keys

• posture

• space bar

• mouse

sitting up straight and tall, feet on the floor

• posture

• space bar

• mouse

• home row keys

to make a blank space in between words

• space bar

• mouse

• posture

• home row keys

input device to select and open objects

• mouse

• space bar

• posture

• home row keys

press down this key and type a letter to make it capitalized

• shift key

• mouse

• space bar

  
  

• posture

how much of the time you are typing the letters correctly

• accuracy

• caps lock

• arrow keys

• shift key

should only be used if typing many letters in a row in capitals

• caps lock

• arrow keys

• accuracy

• shift key

moves the insertion point in the direction indicated by the arrow on each key

• arrow keys

• backspace

• Home Row

• caps lock

moves the cursor back a space

• backspace

• Home Row

• arrow keys

• caps lock

In touch typing, ________ is a row on a typewriter or computer keyboard that contains the keys (home keys) to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L, and the semicolon for the right.

• Home Row

• backspace

• keys

• return