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Keyboard and Keys

This document discusses the keyboard, its history and development. It explores the different keyboard keys and their corresponding finger positions. It emphasizes the importance of correct finger positioning for touch typing. It provides details on: - The home row position for left and right hands - Responsibilities of fingers on the top row and bottom row - Different keyboard layouts like QWERTY, AZERTY and DVORAK based on language and region - Using the shift key with opposite pinky fingers to type uppercase letters - Symbols available by pressing shift with number and letter keys

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Keyboard and Keys

This document discusses the keyboard, its history and development. It explores the different keyboard keys and their corresponding finger positions. It emphasizes the importance of correct finger positioning for touch typing. It provides details on: - The home row position for left and right hands - Responsibilities of fingers on the top row and bottom row - Different keyboard layouts like QWERTY, AZERTY and DVORAK based on language and region - Using the shift key with opposite pinky fingers to type uppercase letters - Symbols available by pressing shift with number and letter keys

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Keyboard keys

Keyboarding and Documents Processing (OA102)


Angelica Marie Chiong, RL
Objectives:
• define a keyboard
• explore the different keyboard keys and its
corresponding finger locations
• compose a poem about the importance of
correct positioning of fingers in the
keyboard
What is a keyboard?
Keyboard…
• a keyboard is a peripheral device that
enables a user to input text into a computer
or any other electronic machinery;
• an input device and is the most basic way
for the user to communicate with a
computer.
Keyboard…
• this device is patterned
after its predecessor,
the typewriter, from
which the keyboard
inherited its layout,
although the keys or
letters are arranged to
function as electronic
switches.
Typewriter…
Keyboard…
• the keys include
punctuation,
alphanumeric and special
keys like the Windows
key and various
multimedia keys, which
have specific functions
assigned to them.
History...
• The history of the modern computer keyboard begins
with a direct inheritance from the invention of
the typewriter. It was Christopher Latham Sholes
who, in 1868, patented the first practical modern
typewriter.
History...
• After a series of
technological
developments, the
typewriter gradually
evolved into the
standard computer
keyboard your fingers
know so well today.
History...
• There are several legends around the
development of the QWERTY keyboard
layout, which was patented by Sholes and
his partner James Densmore in 1868.
• The most compelling explanation is that
Sholes developed the layout to overcome
the physical limitations of mechanical
technology at the time.
There are different types of keyboard layouts
manufactured based on the region and language used.
• QWERTY:
This layout is the most widely used and is named
after the first six letters that appear on the top row.
This layout is commonly manufactured today because
of its popularity.
Types of keyboard layouts manufactured
based on the region and language used
• QWERTY:
It is so common across the world - even in
countries that do not use the Latin-based
alphabet for their language - that some people
think that it is the only kind of keyboard there is.
Types of keyboard layouts manufactured
based on the region and language used
• AZERTY:
This was developed
in France as another
variation to the
QWERTY layout and
is considered the
standard French
keyboard.
Types of keyboard layouts manufactured
based on the region and language used
• DVORAK:
This layout was
created to reduce finger
movement when typing
and produce faster
typing speed than
QWERTY or AZERTY.
Touch Typing
• Also known as touch type or
touch keyboarding, is typing
without using the sense of
sight to find the keys.
Specifically, a touch typist will
know their location on the
keyboard through muscle
memory.
HOME ROW
• Learning basic position is critical to learning touch
typing. Practice bringing your fingers to the home
row position without looking and then take them
away. Repeat until you can do so comfortably.
HOME ROW – Left hand
Your left hand fingers’ responsibilities are as
follows:

Pinky Finger - A
Ring Finger - S
Middle Finger - D
Index Finger - F
Thumb - Space
HOME ROW – Right hand
Your left hand fingers’ responsibilities are as
follows:
Index Finger - J
Middle Finger - K
Ring Finger - L
Pinky Finger ; - (Semi-Colon)
Thumb - Space
EXTENDED HOME ROW
Your index and pinky fingers will be pressing extra keys:
• Your left index finger will press F and G keys.
• Your right index finger will press H and J keys.
• Your right pinky will be responsible from pressing the
semicolon (;) and the apostrophe (') keys.
• Your pinky fingers are responsible for pressing the
SHIFT keys.
• Press the SHIFT key with the pinky finger that is
opposite to the one pressing the other key.
EXTENDED HOME ROW
• For example, if your left index finger is going to press the
F key for the uppercase version then your right pinky will
press the SHIFT key.
• And, if your right ring finger will press the L key then
your left pinky should press the SHIFT key.
• Your right hand's pinky finger will also press the colon (:)
and quotation mark (") keys.

Note: Always return your fingers to home row position after


pressing each key.
TOP ROW – Left hand
• Your left hand fingers'
responsibilities will be as
follows:

Pinky finger Q and A keys


Ring Finger W and S keys
Middle Finger E and D keys
Index Finger R, T, F and G
keys.
TOP ROW – Right hand
Your right hand fingers’ responsibilities will be as
follows:
Index Finger Y and U keys
Middle Finger I key
Ring Finger O key
Pinky Finger P key.
BOTTOM ROW
NUMBERS ROW
SYMBOLS ON THE NUMBERS AND LETTERS ROWS
Hold the shift key down and press a key to insert
the symbol shown on the top of the key. Finger
responsibilities for symbols in the number row are
as follows:
LH Pinky ! key
LH Ring @ key
LH Middle # key
LH Index $ and % keys.
SYMBOLS ON THE NUMBERS AND LETTERS
ROWS
RH Index ^ and & keys
RH Middle * key
RH Ring ( key RH Pinky ) , - , _ , = , + keys.
SYMBOLS ON THE NUMBERS AND LETTERS
ROWS
Finger responsibilities for symbols in the letter rows
are as follows:

RH Middle Finger < key


RH Ring Finger > key
RH Pinky Finger / , [ , ] , { , } keys.
 Compose a poem about the
importance of correct positioning
of fingers in the keyboard..

 1-2 free stanza poem


 Assignment:

1. Make your own keyboard


2. Article-reflection writing

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