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Let’s PraCtiCe                              Century   #Technology Literacy
                                                                21 st
                                                                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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