Operational & Function Keys Notes 2 Parts of a WP Window Operational & Function Keys Notes 2

Title Bar – displays the filename of a document Menu Tabs – provide you with a menu of options to use when creating a document Ribbon (aka tool bar) – provides you with buttons that allow you to access frequently used commands. Scroll Bars – allow you to scroll throughout a document that is too long to fit on one screen Parts of a Word Processing Window Cursor – on-screen blinking character that shows where the next character will appear

Combine Operational Keys Control and Page Up – quickly moves you to the first page of a multi-page document Control and Home – quickly takes you to the first line of a document Control and End – quickly takes you to the last line of a document Control and Page Down – moves you to the next page of a multi-page document

Function Keys Allow you to quickly…….. Example: Access Program Commands Execute Program Commands Example: F1 – allows you to access the Help feature

Shift – Used to capitalize alphabetic keys and type symbol keys Operational Keys Home – moves the cursor to the beginning of a line Backspace – deletes text to the left of (behind) the cursor Insert – allows text to be inserted within a line of text Page Up – moves one screen above the current cursor position Escape (Esc) – allows you to exit unwanted menus and dialog boxes Tab – used to indent; moves the cursor 5 spaces on a line Num Lock – locks the numbers of the numeric keypad Delete – deletes text directly in front of (to the right of) the cursor Page Down – moves one screen below the current cursor position End – moves the cursor to the end of a line Caps Lock – Locks the alphabetic keys in uppercase Enter – used to move the cursor down to the next line Shift – Used to capitalize alphabetic keys and type symbol keys Alternate (Alt) – used with other keys to access commands on the menu bar Control (Ctrl) – used with other keys to execute (carry out) out commands Arrow keys – move the cursor in the direction of the arrow, one character at a time