KEYBOARDING SKILLS NUMBER AND SYMBOL KEYS Execute the

KEYBOARDING SKILLS NUMBER AND SYMBOL KEYS Execute the touch method in operating number and symbol keys

Posture and Technique Review • Sit up straight • Feet flat on the floor • Body centered in front of the computer • Elbows naturally by side • Fingers curved • Wrists low, but not touching the keyboard • Quick, snappy strokes Keyboarding Middle Grades 2

Keyboard Fingering Layout Number and Symbol Keys ~ ! 1 Tab Caps Lock Shift Ctrl # 3 @ 2 Q W A $ 4 E S Z Alt % 5 R D X ^ 6 T F C Y G V * 8 & 7 U H B ( 9 I J N O K M Spacebar AS D F Keyboarding Middle Grades _ - ) 0 { P : L < + = > Backspace } “ ? Alt Enter Shift Ctrl J K L; 3

Common Symbols Used in Keyboarding Symbol Name Spacing Around . Period Space twice after at the end of a sentence Space once when used in abbreviations and initials , Comma Space once after ; Semi-colon Space once after : Colon ? Question mark * Asterisk ! Exclamation point @ At sign One space before and after, except when used in an e-mail address # Number or Pound sign No spaces between number and symbol $ Dollar sign Space twice after, except when keying time Space twice after No space between word and symbol Space twice after No space after Keyboarding Middle Grades 4

Common Symbols Used in Keyboarding Symbol Name Spacing Around “” Quotation marks Do not space with words they enclose, space on outside-not inside / Slash or Diagonal No space before or after + Plus sign > Greater than sign No space before or after < Less than sign No space before or after - Hyphen Do not space --- Dash Do not space ( Left parenthesis Space once before, zero after ) Right parenthesis Space zero before, once after = Equal sign One space before and after ‘ Apostrophe No space before or after & Ampersand One space before and after % Percent sign No space before One space before and after Keyboarding Middle Grades 5

Numbers & Symbols Vocabulary Character – any typed letter, number, or symbol Emoticons – characters that are combined to form pictures when communicating on the Internet (also known as “smileys”) Keyboarding Middle Grades 6

Numbers & Symbols Vocabulary & Ampersand – symbol for “and” * Asterisk – symbol used for footnote references in documents % Percent – symbol used in reporting statistical data Keyboarding Middle Grades 7