More about the computer keyboard! and a freebie
August 16th 2007 09:51
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The Alt key is used like the control key - holding it down while you press another key, e.g. Alt P key. It's meaning depends on which application is running. For Windows Word a small p will be replaced by a capital P, e.g. at the beginning of a new sentence.
The Alt keys lie on each side of the space bar as pictured.
Alt space alt
The space bar is used to insert a space e.g. between two words so that they don't run together as one word. It is quite a thick bar and most users use their thumb, or whichever hand is convenient. It's length allows for this so the use of two separate keys is unnecessary.
Here is a graphic of the layout of a computer keyboard.
keyboard graphic
All pictures are courtesy of Wikipedia.
This takes us a little further on our journey around the keyboard and here is a site for you to learn touch typing skills for free.
typing skills free course
I do hope this was helpful.
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