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Factopedia                         Let’s PraCtiCe                               Century   #Technology Literacy
                                                                                                21 st
                                                                                               Skills
                                                    With the help of your teacher, open Notepad on

                                                    your computer and type your name.








                      The QWERTY
                    keyboard is the
                    most commonly

                    used keyboard
                     layout. Other
                   keyboard layouts

                      are AZERTY,
                       COLEMAK,                             Let’s BaCk-uP
                      QWERTZ etc.                       A keyboard has keys on it that are used to give

                                                       commands to the computer.

                                                        Alphabet keys are used to type letters, words and

                                                       sentences.
                   The first mouse was
                     made of wood.                      Number keys are used to type numbers.

                                                         Spacebar key is used to give a blank space.

                                                        Enter key moves the cursor to the next line.

                                                        Backspace key is used to erase letters and

                                                       numbers to the left of the cursor.

                                                        Delete key is used to erase letters and numbers
                  To avoid damage
                    to your hands                      to the right of the cursor.
                  and wrists, there                     A mouse helps us to point at and select things on
                  are many shapes                      the monitor.
                   of keyboard and
                     mouse in the                       A small arrow that moves on the monitor, when
                        market.                        we move the mouse, is called mouse pointer.

                                                        Single-click, double-click and scrolling are mouse

                                                       actions.




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