Typing & Hotkey Proficiency

1. Typing & Hotkey Proficiency

2. Table of Contents • Keyboard • Hand Placement • Left Hand • Right Hand • Different types of Keys • Control Keys • Function Keys • Navigation Keys • Numeric Keyboard

3. Keyboard = Use to type

4. Keyboard To type, use your fingers to press down on keys

5. Hand Placement on the Keyboard Left Hand Right Hand

6. Your Left hand should be on the keys: A, S, D, F

7. Your Right hand should be on the keys: J, K, L, ;

8. Activity: Placing your hands on the Keyboard (Left Hand) Put your index finger on “F”

9. (Left Hand) Put your middle finger on “D”

10. (Left Hand) Put your ring finger on “S”

11. (Left Hand) Put your pinky finger on “A”

12. (Left Hand) Put your thumb on the left hand side of the “Space Bar”

13. Activity: Placing your hands on the Keyboard (Right Hand) Put your index finer on “J”

14. (Right Hand) Put your middle finger on “K”

15. (Right Hand) Put your ring finger on “L”

16. (Right Hand) Put your pinky finger on “;”

17. (Right Hand) Put your thumb on the right hand side of the “Space Bar”

18. Great Job! Remember to always place your hands like that when you’re typing!

19. How do we position our hands?

20. Activity: Typing Exercise Turn on your computers and (if necessary) login. Then open Microsoft Word.

21. Activity: Typing Exercise To open Microsoft Word: • Move you mouse to the “start” button • Type “Microsoft Office Word” into the Search Bar • Find & click on Microsoft Office Word • Type out letters on the following page Microsoft Word Icon “Start” Button Search Bar

22. Activity: Typing Exercise

23. Activity: Typing Exercise

24. Activity: Typing Exercise

25. Types of Keys • Control Keys • Function Keys • Navigation Keys • Numeric Keyboard

26. Types of Keys Chart Numeric Keyboard Function Keys Control Key Navigation Keys Control Keys

27. Control Keys Keys that are used alone or in combination with other keys to perform certain actions

28. Most frequently used control keys are: ESC, Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and the Windows Logo key

29. ESC Used to exit a program

30. Ctrl Used with an additional key to perform a specific function

31. Alt Used to change the function of other pressed keys

32. Shift Used with a letter key to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters

33. Windows logo Used to bring up the start menu or start screen on PC’s

34. Function Keys They are used to perform specific tasks. They are labeled as F1, F2, F3, and so on.

35. Function Keys How these keys are used changes with different programs

36. Activity: Name the Types of Keys Numeric Keyboard Control Key Function Keys Control Keys Navigation Keys

37. Navigation Keys Used for moving around in documents or webpages

38. Navigation Keys = Right = Up = Down = Left

39. Activity: Navigation Keys Practice On your Microsoft Word document from the last activity, move the cursor up and down using the navigation keys. Then do the same going left and right.

40. Numeric Keyboard Used to enter numbers quickly—looks like a calculator or adding machine

41. Lesson #2 Completed!!!