1. KEYBOARDING SKILLS NUMBER AND SYMBOL KEYS
Execute the touch method in operating number and symbol keys

2. Posture and Technique Review
Sit up straight
Feet flat on the floor
Body centered in front of the computer
Elbows naturally by side
Fingers curved
Wrists low, but not touching the keyboard
Quick, snappy strokes
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3. Keyboard Fingering Layout Number and Symbol Keys~ # 3 $ 4 % 5 ^ 6
Tab Q W E R T Y U I : L K \ } { P O
Backspace + = _ - ) @ 2 ! 1 ( 9 * 8
& 7
Caps Lock
Shift D
Ctrl J F G H Z
Enter “ S A
>
< M N B V C X ?
Alt
Spacebar ;
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4. Common Symbols Used in Keyboarding
Name
Spacing Around .
Period
Space twice after at the end of a sentence
Space once when used in abbreviations and initials ,
Comma
Space once after ;
Semi-colon :
Colon
Space twice after, except when keying time ?
Question mark
Space twice after *
Asterisk
No space between word and symbol !
Exclamation point @
At sign
One space before and after, except when used in an address #
Number or Pound sign
No spaces between number and symbol $
Dollar sign
No space after
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5. Common Symbols Used in Keyboarding
Name
Spacing Around
“ ”
Quotation marks
Do not space with words they enclose, space once on outside-not inside /
Slash or Diagonal
No space before or after +
Plus sign
One space before and after
>
Greater than sign
<
Less than sign -
Hyphen
Do not space
---
Dash (
Left parenthesis
Space once before, zero after )
Right parenthesis
Space zero before, once after =
Equal sign ‘
Apostrophe
&
Ampersand %
Percent sign
No space before
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6. Numbers & Symbols Vocabulary
Character – any typed letter, number, or symbol
Emoticons – characters that are combined to form pictures when communicating on the Internet (also known as “smileys”)
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7. Numbers & Symbols Vocabulary
& Ampersand – symbol for “and”
* Asterisk – symbol used for footnote references in documents
% Percent – symbol used in reporting statistical data
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