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UNIT Data Entry and
2 Keyboarding Skills
Topics Covered 95%
Computer Keyboard—An Introduction Types of Keyboard Layouts
Categories of Keys on the Keyboard Important Keys and their Functions
Some Important Keys Typing a Text, Sentence or a Paragraph
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 Analyzing Statistics
Working with Lesson Editor Calculating Typing Speed
Typing Accuracy Typing Rhythm
Today, computers are used everywhere for all kinds of jobs. We can use it for designing software, 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, generating report cards in schools and for many other day-to-day tasks. All such sort of tasks
can be done much more efficiently by learning just a few simple keyboard commands which allow us to operate faster
on the computer system. Thus, in this chapter, we will be learning such keyboard skills and their use in data entry.
Data entry is the process of entering data or information into a computer using input devices such as a keyboard.
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COMPUTER KEYBOARD 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. It also comes as a
wireless device attached through bluetooth technology as in laptops or tabs.
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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