QWERTY Keyboards
Standard QWERTY Keyboard
QWERTY Diagram
Function Keys
• Keys F1 through F12 may have a variety of
different uses or no use at all. It all depends
on the computers Operating System and the
software program currently open.
• Function keys can be used along with other
keys such as ALT or CTRL to perform additional
actions.
FUNCTION DISCOVERY
• Individually, use your computer to lookup and
describe the functions of each of the F Keys
• You can use Google, or any other Search
Engine.
• Write your discovery on your own paper for
notes
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 – …..
AND SO ON… REMEMBER There are 12 function
keys to describe.
F1
• Almost always used as the help key, almost
every program will open the help screen when
this key is pressed.
F2
• In Windows renames a highlighted icon, file,
or folder in all versions of Windows.
• Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens document window in
Microsoft Word.
• Ctrl + F2 displays the print preview window in
Microsoft Word.
• Quickly rename a selected file or folder.
F3
• Often opens a search feature for many
programs including Microsoft Windows
• Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft
Word from upper to lower case or a capital
letter at the beginning of every word.
F4
• Opens “find” window in Windows XP or older.
• Open the address bar in Windows Explorer
and Internet Explorer.
• Repeat the last action performed (Word)
• Alt + F4 will close the program window
currently active in Microsoft Windows.
• Ctrl + F4 will close the open window within
the current active window in Microsoft
Windows.
F5
• In all modern Internet browsers pressing F5
will refresh or reload the page or document
window.
• Open the find, replace, and go to window in
Microsoft Word.
• Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint.
F6
• Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet
Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and most other
Internet browsers.
• Ctrl + Shift + F6 switches between open
Microsoft office document.
F7
• Commonly used to spell check and grammar
check a document in Microsoft programs such
as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Shift + F7 runs a Thesaurus check on the word
highlighted
F8
• Function key used to enter the Windows
startup menu, when the computer has been
turned off and back on.
• Key is commonly used to access Windows Safe
Mode, useful for troubleshooting applications
F9
• Not commonly used on Windows based
computers.
• On some laptops, F9 controls screen
background brightness
F10
• In Microsoft Windows activates the menu bar
of an open application.
• Shift + F10 is the same as right-clicking on a
highlighted icon, file, or Internet link.
F11
• Pressing F11 while online will access the fullscreen mode in all modern Internet browsers.
F12
• Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word.
• Shift + F12 save the Microsoft Word
document.
• Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints a document in
Microsoft Word.
Lock Keys and Lock Lights
• There are three keys on a keyboard that when
pressed will change or alter how additional
keystrokes will behave.
• These Lock Keys “On” condition is displayed by
the light above the number pad on the right
side of the keyboard.
Num Lock
Number Lock – Num Lock. Allows the user
to type numbers by pressing the keys on the
number pad, rather than having them act as up,
down, left, right, page up, end, and so forth.
Usually located in the upper left corner of the
number pad.
Caps Lock
Capital Lock – Caps Lock. When enabled,
letters the user types will be in uppercase by
default rather than lowercase. Located at left
end of the keyboard, above the left shift key.
Scroll Lock
Scrolling Lock – Scroll Lock. In some
applications, such as spreadsheets, the lock
mode is used to change the behavior of the
cursor keys to scroll the document instead of the
cursor. Usually located to the right of the
function keys.
Windows Key
This Key provides access
to the start menu when
pressed under normal
circumstances.
Print screen key
• Sometimes abbreviated as PRTSC or Prt Scrn,
the print screen key is a keyboard key found
on most computer keyboards. When pressed,
the key either sends the current screen image
to the computer clipboard where it can be
pasted into other documents.
Copy
There are several ways to copy a document
CTRL + C
Right Click then select Copy
Use the Menu at the top of screen to select
Copy
Cut
There are several ways to copy a document
CTRL + X
Right Click then select Cut
Use the Menu at the top of screen to select
Cut
To Copy or Cut?
• Copy = just copies the text or image while
leaving the original alone
• Cut = will copy the image and will remove it
from its original location.
Paste
• The ways to paste what you have copied