COMPROG Enter Key (Return Key)

QWERTY – most widely used keyboard - used to create a new line and move
layout the cursor to the beginning of this line
Christopher Latham Sholes and - there are 2 enter keys on a keyboard
Carlos Glidden – produced the first
Caps Lock Key
typewriter featuring the QWERTY layout
in 1874 - used to type letters of the alphabet in
capitals
Computer Keyboard – is the set of
typewriter-like keys that enables you to - placed on the left side of a keyboard
enter data into a computer
Num Lock Key
A standard keyboard has 104 keys
- is used to activate or deactivate the
Alphabet Keys numeric keypad of the keyboard
- used to type letters, words or - placed on top left corner of the numeric
sentences keypad
- there are 26 alphabet keys on a Shift Key
keyboard
- used in combination with other keys
Number Keys
- can be used to type capital letters if
- used to type numbers from 0-9 caps lock key is off
- there are 10 number keys on Backspace and Delete Key - used to
keyboard erase unwanted letters
Cursor Control Keys Backspace Key – removes the
character present on the left side of the
- also called arrow keys
cursor
- there are 4 cursor control keys
Delete Key – removes the character
Cursor – a bright, usually blinking, present on the right side of the cursor
movable indicator on a display, marking
Function Keys
the position at which a character can be
entered, corrected, or deleted - there are 12 function keys
Spacebar Key - are marked from F1 to F12
- the longest key on the keyboard F1
- used to insert blank spaces between - used as help key in almost every
letters, numbers, and words program
- enters CMOS Setup
- opens task panel
F2 Microsoft Word
- in MS Windows, renames a highlighted - is the word processing application in
icon, file, or folder the Microsoft Office suite
- in MS Excel, edits the active cell - create professional-looking, formatted
text documents with this powerful word
F3
processing software
- opens search for many program,
Title Bar – displays the document name
including Microsoft Windows
followed by a program name
- on windows command line, it repeats
Menu Bar – contains a list of options to
the last commands entered
manage and customize documents
F4
Standard Toolbar – contains shortcut
- repeat the last action performed in all buttons for the most popular commands
versions of MS Office
Formatting Toolbar – contains buttons
F5 – in all internet browsers, it refreshes used for formatting
or reloads the page
Ruler – used to set margins, indents,
F6 and tabs

- moves the cursor to the address bar in Ribbon – a command bar that
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox organizes a program’s features into a
series of tabs at the top of the screen
- reduces laptop speaker volume
Insertion Point
F7 - commonly used to spell check and
grammar check a document in Microsoft - is the location where the next character
Office programs appears

F8 – used to enter the windows startup - a flashing vertical bar on the screen
menu that indicates where entered text will be
placed in the document
F9 – refresh document in Microsoft
Word End-of-document Marker – indicates
the end of the document
F10 – in MS Windows, activates the
menu bar of an application Help – provides quick access to help
topics
F11 – enter and exit fullscreen mode in
all internet browsers Scroll Bars – are used to view parts of
the document
F12 – opens the Save As windows in
MS Word Task Pane – provides easy access to
commonly used menus, buttons and
tools
View Buttons – change the layout view CTRL+Y – redo the last action
of the document to normal, web layout,
CTRL+C – copy
print layout, and outline view
CTRL+V – paste
Normal View – is the best for typing,
editing, formatting and proofreading CTRL+X – cut
Web Layout View – shows what your CTRL+Shift+C – copy text format
text will look like on a webpage
CTRL+Shift+V – paste text format
Print Layout View – shows what your
document will look like when it is printed CTRL+V, then CTRL, then T – paste
and text only
Outline View – is used to create and
edit outlines ALT+CTRL+F – enter footnote

Fullscreen View – displays only the ALT+CTRL+D – enter an endnote

document you are working on CTRL+Enter – insert page break
Different Upper Ribbon Tabs Shift+Enter – insert line break without
 Home Tab breaking paragraph
 Insert Tab Shift+Del – delete columns with
 Draw Tab columns selected
 Design Tab
 Layout Tab CTRL+B – apply/remove bold
 References Tab CTRL+I – apply/remove italic
 Mailings Tab
 Review Tab CTRL+U – apply/remove underline
 View Tab CRTL+Shift+A – apply/remove all cap
CTRL+Shift+K – apply/remove small
CTRL+N – create new document capitals
CTRL+O – open document CTRL+R – right-align paragraph
CTRL+W – close document CTRL+L – left-align paragraph
CTRL+S – save document CTRL+E – center-align paragraph
F12 – save document as CTRL+J – justify
CTRL+P – print document CTRL+F – find/search menu
ALT, then F, R – open recent file Microsoft Excel – is a spreadsheet
ALT+CTRL+P – switch to print layout application in the MS Office
view Workbook – also called spreadsheet
CTRL+Z – undo the last action
Column Headings – each excel
contains 256 columns. Each column is
named by a letter or combination of
letters
Row Headings – contains 65,536 rows.
Each row is named by a number
Name Box – shows the address of
current selection or active cell
Formula Bar – displays information
entered in the active cell
Cell – is an intersection of column and
row
Microsoft PowerPoint – is a powerful
slide show presentation program