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UNIT                                                Data Entry and


                   2                                            Keyboarding Skills









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                       Computer Keyboard Skills—An Introduction          Types of Keyboard Layouts
                       Categories of Keys on the Keyboard                Keys and their Functions
                       Some Important Keys                               Typing a Text, Sentence or a Paragraph
                       Typing a Capital letters, Symbols or Guide for Typing    Deleting a Text
                       Typing Ergonomics                                 Touch Typing—An Introduction
                       Positioning of Fingers on the Keyboard            Pointing Devices
                       Rapid Typing Tutor                                Select a Course
                       Begin a Lesson                                    How to Interpret Your Results
                       Viewing and Analysing Statistics                  Working with Lesson Editor
                       Calculating Typing Speed                          Typing Accuracy
                       Typing Rhythm



              Computers are used everywhere for all kinds of jobs. We can use it to design softwares, storing data in a database,
              browsing the internet, listening to music, accessing the patient's information in a hospital, designing new tools using
              3D software or generating a report card in school. Learning just a few simple keyboard commands can help you work
              more efficiently in different categories of software. This chapter deals in details learning the keyboard skills and its use
              in data entry.


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                      COMPUTER KEYBOARD SKILLS AN INTRODUCTION

              The computer keyboard is a standard input device. It is similar to an electronic typewriter with some additional keys.
              The keyboard has different sets of keys to input alphabets, numbers, special characters, symbols and punctuations.
              There are also some function keys which are used to perform specialised functions in different software. The keyboard
              comes as a separate peripheral device on a personal computer, attached through a wired cable or wireless (Bluetooth
              technology). In a laptop, it comes as an embedded part of a system.

              To make the graphical user interface more efficient and enhanced, there are other supporting  input  devices like
              joysticks, scanners, touchpads, etc.


















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