LESSON ONE: TYPING
Please listen to the
following instructions. First, press the down arrow once to hear the next line.
Then continue to press the
down arrow repeatedly to hear each new line.
To repeat the current line
press Insert and Up Arrow.
Use the down arrow to move
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When you listen to
exercises, please follow the directions and perform the commands.
Introduction. Typing skills are required
when in order for the user to communicate with the computer.
Lesson Objective. This lesson introduces you
to the typing keys, and their locations on the keyboard.
In This Lesson. This lesson contains exercises for the following topics:
Topic
1: Typing the Home Row
Topic
3: Typing the Bottom Row
1.
Line up your index fingers on the F and J keys.
2.
This is the home row.
3.
The home row consists of the following letters A S D
F G H J K L ;
4.
All the keys on the entire keyboard must be accessed
from this home row.
1. Keeping
the hand on the home row, find the keys of the top row.
2.
The top row consists of the following letters: Q W E
R T Y U I O P
3.
All of these keys must be accessed from the home
row.
1.
Keeping the hand on the home row, find the keys of
the bottom row.
2.
Top bottom row consists of the following letters: Z
X C V B N M , . /
3.
All of these keys must be accessed from the home
row.
1.
Use the down arrow to hear each word.
2.
After you hear the word, press the End key to move
to the end of the line.
3.
Press the spacebar to insert an extra space.
4.
Now type the word exactly as it appears.
5.
Move on to the next word and repeat the same steps.
a.
Type the following words using only the
home row keys:
1.
dad
2.
glad
3.
lass
4.
sad
5.
had
6.
gas
7.
ask
8.
has
9.
lad
10.
gag
11.
gal
12.
add
13.
fall
14.
flask
15.
half
16.
ash
17.
hall
18.
flag
19.
gala
20.
dash
b.
Type the following words using only left
hand
1.
sat
2.
tear
3.
dear
4.
seed
5.
saw
6.
deed
7.
brave
8.
trade
9.
dead
10.
deed
11.
zebra
12.
test
13.
bear
14.
far
15.
water
16.
cat
17.
read
18.
deed
19.
reef
20.
wear
c.
Type the following words using only the
right hand
1.
lull
2.
mull
3.
you
4.
pull
5.
pun
6.
milk
7.
hop
8.
holy
9.
yuppy
10.
puppy
11.
pup
12.
hip
13.
him
14.
mill
15.
mop
16.
lip
17.
hum
18.
kill
19.
pill
20.
puny
d.
Type the following words using both hands
1.
computer
2.
desktop
3.
monitor
4.
typing
5.
word
6.
hidden
7.
quiz
8.
extra
9.
quit
10.
power
11.
zebra
12.
yesterday
13.
umbrella
14.
quake
15.
magazine
16.
collect
17.
meant
18.
lack
19.
cold
20.
fix
This is the end of
this lesson. Please inform the instructor when you are finished.
