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Let’s PraCtiCe Century #Technology Literacy
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Skills Factopedia
With the help of your teacher, open Notepad on
your computer and type your name.
The letters on the
left of the top row
of a keyboard are
Q, W, E, R, T, Y.
Hence a keyboard
is called a qwerty
keyboard.
Let’s BaCk-uP
A keyboard has keys on it that are used to give
commands to the computer.
Alphabet keys are used to type letters, words and The first mouse
was made of
sentences. 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 the right of the cursor. to your hands
and wrists, there
A mouse helps us to point at and select things on are many shapes
the monitor. of keyboard and
A small arrow that moves on the monitor, when mouse in the
we move the mouse, is called mouse pointer. market.
Single-click, double-click and scrolling are mouse
actions.
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