KEYBOARDING FOR BEGINNERS II

LESSON ONE:

Choose one or two sentences each day to work on to improve your skills.

· the there these them their this is that is these are they are

· ou you your yours out ou ough rough trough throught though cough enough

· ou ought thought bought brought ou ought thought bought

· brought ou ould would should could ou ould would should could

· au augh laugh laughter laughed laughs au aught taught caught taught caught

· sh she shell shelter shall sheep sh she shell shelter shall sheep

· oi oil toil spoil spoiled coil uncoil

· pop poll polls pole poles pip pill pile piles pillow up pup put pull pulled

· pal Paul Paula Pauline pup puppy pop poppy poll Polly

· mill Milton Mall Malt mat mate Matthew Martha Mary Miriam

· in ing sing ding wing ring king single tingle jingle mingle hinge singe fringe linger

· ong song dong Wong wrong tong strong King Kong long along pong bong belong

· ng ng anger sang danger fang rang tang gang hang hank yank klang pang bang

· ang anger sang fang rang gang tang hang bang bangle dangle tangle jangle wrangle

· angle bang bangle mangle manger dangle tangle wangle tangled strangled

· wh wh when where whet whether why which who whom whose what whether

· ay say day Fay gay hay Jay Kay lay pay ray tray way away ray tray astray strayed

· et et set fetch get regret bet better net netting met let letter kettle jet pet yet wetter

· ion Zion ration nation opinion mention attention sion mansion pension revision

Make up your own words with these common patterns

st ee ea ment able ar er ie at ot we
dis pre com con age es est ed to ly ness

LESSON TWO:

TAB key, SHIFT key.

Use the TAB key to move to the next text box when typing out these New Zealand place names.

1.  Using Right Hand SHIFT Key.

Dunedin        Dunstan             Gore           Bluff 
Blenheim       Broad Bay           Taupo          Timaru
Wanaka         Waimate             Wellington     Christchurch
Auckland       Abbotsford          Fairfield      Flagstaff
St Clair       Coast               Roslyn         Sth Dunedin
 

2.  Using Left Hand SHIFT key

Opoho          Napier          Nelson            Invercargill  

Kaikorai       Milton          Milford           Manawatu      

Mornington     Maori Hill      North             Island         

Portobello     Palmerston      Lyttleton         Upper

Hutt           Lower Hutt      New Plymouth      Haast

Pass           Mitre  Peak           Hamilton

3. Using Each SHIFT Key

Half Way Bush    Mt Cargill          Taieri Mouth    St Kilda       New Zealand      Dunedin North       Hutt Valley     Mount Cook       Milford Sound    Stewart Island      Fiordland       Mt Tasman
Lake Wanaka      Lake Waihola        Lake Wakatipu   Queenstown

LESSON THREE

ADDITIONAL EXERCISES - Left Hand emphasis

Choose one or two sentences each day to work on to improve your skills. You can correct your errors using the "backspace" key.

In this section and the next, EVERY WORD in each sentence [with few exceptions] starts with the same letter.

Left Hand Letters - Right Shift Key

· Alan and Alice and Alma alighted at Auckland Airport after arriving.    

· Sarah's sharp scissors slit Sandra's soft, silky scarf severely.

· David demanded Doris drive directly down Derek Duff's dark deserted drive.

· Finally Frank found freedom from Freddy Foster's fierce fist fight.

· Grandfather Greer grew great giant green gooseberries grandly.

· Quenton quickly quietened Queenie's quippy quizzshow.

· Wendy went wild with wonder when Wally washed windows with Window Wipe.

· Will Walter Webster win Wednesday's winter weather watching?

· Enid Edmonston enters every easy event even early every evening.

· Robert Reed rode randomly round rough roads recklessly.

· Trevor Tomkins tried tirelessly to teach Thelma Thornton trendy tricks.

· Zebras in zoos; zip zap your zipper; zigzag zebra stripes.

· Xmas; xylophones; X-Rays; xylophones; X-Rays;

· Cautious Colin Conner cannot catch crazy Catherine Conray's crafty cat.

· Very viscous villains violate very vibrant views.

LESSON FOUR

Right Hand Emphasis

How has Humphrey Henderson hacked Hillary Harding's hawthorne hedge? 

Jennifer Judge jumped joyfully. Jerry Johnson jubilantly joined Jenny jumping.

Katy Kitchener's kitten kindly caught Kelly's knotted kite string.

Norman needed ninety-nine nifty notches nailed neatly next door.

Martha Miller made many monthly Missionary mailings.

Yesterday your yellow yacht yanked Yvonne's yellow yacht.

Uncle undid Una's uniform umbrellas under umpteen upside-down cartons.

I invented interesting individual ideas into Internet industry.

Oliver Ogilvie often offered Olwyn Oldman other official options.

Please present previously prepared presentable papers posthaste.

Punctuation and Left Hand Shift Key

Colon ":"

Hullo Harry: Hullo Henry: Henry: James: Kenneth: Lester: Yvette: Una:
Isobel: Oliver: Peter: Neville: George: Charlotte: Maxwell: Lile: Abbigail:

Comma and both Shift keys

There were red, blue, green, brown, yellow, pink, purple and orange.
Fred, Andrew, Alex, John, Peter, Paul and Noel.
Betty, Helen, Ruth, Enid, Sarah, Rachel, Susan, Anne and Ethel.

Full Stop

This must stop. I must insist. It is enough for today. I want to finish now.

Exclamation Mark

This must stop! I must insist! It is enough for today! I want to finish now!

No! Do you hear me! It is time to stop! I have to stop! Now!

LESSON FIVE

USEFUL WORD DRILLS

LEFT HAND ONLY - SHORT WORD 

art tart dart cart rave wave save ear wear rear tear sear dear fear gear bear

west rest test fest zest best crest eve ever are ware rare tare dare care barer

feed reed deed weed eat seat beat rare fare dare rate date fate gate grate crates

fact tact tract ace race trace grace face brace case base star stars art start tasted

feast beast beat seat great gaze daze dazed faze fazed

LEFT HAND ONLY – LONGER WORDS

craved traced extracted stares terrace garages ravages created creates terrace

axe tax wax wasted fasted crafted rested tested greater greatest treated berated

better fetter wetter severe revere exact stated races scars scare scarce created

access excess seated gazed grazed attested arrested bravest braver secrets

RIGHT HAND ONLY WORDS

jill hill kill pill mill nil poll jim jimmy john johnny hop hoop hulk jolly holly holy

molly lolly polly nip nippy hip hippy ilk milk milky pink mink hilly pull hull lull

you yon upon hook look nook honk ponk lilly link kiln lion lip mop hop hoop

RIGHT HAND WORDS – HARDER WORDS

pump lump plump hump loop lop pop plop pip pop poppy pup puppy pumpkin

WORDS WITH ALTERNATE HANDS LETTERS

ham man bug dug lap pal own name shame whale girls fish their sham shame

flap clap slap lame firm form flame clam slam tick sick dock socks rocks curls

make problems shake lake flake quake world wish dish fish lapel sprig duck dock

cocoa spam fork both hem them when visual girls amble shamble shake shale

Sydney England lame flame blame clam slam lamb bush rush form mentor chapel

LESSON SIX

Upper Character practice

The following drills have been prepared to associate some of the upper characters with the letter keys they are placed on.

(9) (98) (97) (96) (900) (800) (700) (989) (990)

(Brackets) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

[pop] [poll] [prompt] [people] [perhaps] [perfume]

{play} {playtime} {postage} {Purple} {Primrose}

7&7 77&77 7 & 7 777 & 777 77&66 77 & 66 77 & 78 77 & 88

Smith & Smith Smith & Brown Black, Brown & Co Ltd

J. K. Long & Co Inc. Monday, Wednesday & Friday Turner & Turner Ltd

$44 $444 $445 $454 $400 $450 $44.50 $450.45

$90.00 $90.99 $49.99 $499.99 $450.45

5% 55% 56% 54% 50% 4% 4.5% 3% 3.5% 15% 5.5%

22 @ 5% 12 @ 15% 12 @ 10% 220 @ 15% 52 @ 5%

LESSON SEVEN

Advanced Typing Skills 7 - Numbers and Special Characters

                                                          LEFT HAND                                                    RIGHT HAND

 LEFT HAND 

aq1 qa sw2ws de3ed fr4rf gt5tg
1 queen 11 queens 1 apple 11 apples 2 wishes 22 wishes 2 swims 22 swims
3 eddies 33 eddies 3 deeds 33 deeds 4 roses 44 roses 4 fish 44 fish
5 tugs 55 tugs 5 goats 55 goats

RIGHT HAND  

hy6yh ju7uj ki8ik lo9ol ;p0p;
6 yams 66 yams 6 hams 66 hams 7 umpires 77 umpires 7 jokes 77 jokes 

8 ideas 88 ideas 8 kites 88 kites 9 olives 99 olives 9 lollies 99 lollies
0 pools; 0 pools; 

LEFT HAND  

12 wishes 122 wishes 12 seeds 12 2 seeds 13 eggs 133 eggs 13 deeds 133 deeds

14 rivers 144 rivers 14 frogs 144 frogs 15 trees 155 trees 15 goats 155 goats

 RIGHT HAND

16 yaks 166 yaks 16 huts 166 huts 17 umpires 177 umpires 17 jumps 177 jumps 

18 ideas 188 ideas 18 kings 188 kings 19 offices 199 offices 19 loops 199 loops 

10 poppies 100 poppies 10 poles; 100 poles;

LEFT HAND - MORE DIFFICULT 

11 Queen’s Ave 11 Queen’s Ave 11 Adam’s Ave 11 Adam’s Ave 
12 West Side Ave 12 West Side Ave 122 Steep Street 122 Steep Street 22 Wright Street 22 Wright Street 22 Stone Street 22 Stone Street
sw22@ xtra sw22@ xtra sam22@ xtra sam22@ xtra
13 Eastside 133 Eastside 13 Drivers Road 33 Drivers Road
14 Rosedale Road 144 Riverside Road 4 Fernhill Road 44 Fernhill Road
Frocks from $44 frocks from $44 frocks from $44
ties 5% off ties 55% off trousers 5% off trousers 55% off
 

RIGHT HAND - MORE DIFFICULT

6 Yardley Hill 66 Yardley Hill 6 Hyde Street 66 Hyde Street
7&7 7&7 jj & sons jj & sons John Jones & Sons John Jones & Sons
8 Idour Lane 88 Idour Lane 8 King Street 88 King Street
9 Oliver Lane; 99 Oliver Lane; 90 Princes Lane; 900 Princes Lane;

(99) (99) (90) (90) (900) (900)

HOW TO USE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Keyboard Shortcuts 1

With these shortcuts you can quickly and easily

1. speed up your typing 

2. save energy and effort

3. spend less time scrolling up and down to find things

You will be able to use these hot tips when making Word documents, working with your Email and in other computer programmes. 

Here are a Few Handy Shortcuts to Start with.

CLOSE A PROGRAM using Alt+F4

CLOSE A WORD DOCUMENT WITH Ctrl+W

CLOSE MOST DIALOGUE BOXES WITH ESC

PRINT PREVIEW – OPEN WITH Ctrl+F2 ---- CLOSE WITH ESC

Keyboard Shortcuts 2

OPEN AN EXISTING WORD DOCUMENT

At the top of this document you will see a small blinking line.  

This is the "active" cursor.  

Now use the arrow keys to move the cursor along the text.  

The tips on this page will show you other ways to move the cursor.   

To scroll down or up through lines or paragraphs of text to highlight the text, you can hold down the Shift key and use the up or down Arrow. But be careful, this sometimes runs away too far. If this happens just click an Arrow key to remove the highlighting and try again more slowly and carefully.

Keyboard Shortcuts 3

Open a New Document, then:

Type some words or phrases using the following Keyboard Shortcuts to emphasise some of your words following the methods given below. You probably know this first one.

For a word or words in all Capitals, push down the Caps Lock Key to turn that ON,

type the word or words; push down the Caps Lock Key again to turn that OFF.

Instead of moving your hand and arm to click the mouse on the toolbar to activate Bold, Italics, Underline try the following method.

 Example:

Hold Ctrl while you type the B key (to turn ON Bold)

Type the word or words you want to be in Bold

Hold Ctrl while you type the B key (to turn OFF Bold)

Use Ctrl+B for Bold

Ctrl+I for Italics

Ctrl+U for Underline 

Ctrl+Shift+D = double underline

These are all Toggle Keys, they must be used again to turn the feature off.

You can use more than one for the same word/s. Use Ctrl+B+U for Bold Underlined.

 Try this: CAPS LOCK – BOLD – ITALICS – UNDERLINED – caps lock off

Keyboard Shortcuts 4

Open a new Word document

This exercise will help you practice and understand these shortcuts 

Notice that bold letters take more space than plain (regular) letters

You will notice also that some Fonts appear darker (but not marked Bold) in size 12, others in size 13, others in size 14. Examples: Times New Roman 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Tahoma 10, 11, 12, 13, 

A REALLY HANDY SHORTCUT:

If you hold down the Ctrl key and tap the ] key it increases the Font size by one point. If you use the [ key it decreases it one point. It increases or decreases each time you tap the ] or [ key. Much quicker than using the mouse if you decide this Shortcut is useful to you.  

To use this Shortcut on text already typed you would first have to highlight that text.

Keyboard Shortcuts 5

When you highlight text – to take off the highlighting you can click an Arrow key NOT any other key!!

If by mistake you DO click another key, your text will disappear. No worry. Use Ctrl+Z to bring it back.

Remember to use your Page Up and Page Down keys instead of mouse scrolling

Remember to use Ctrl+S every now and then to save what you have typed or altered so far

Some of the following actions work without first highlighting so long as the cursor is active somewhere in the line or pragraph. Others need highlighting first.

Some of these keyboard shortcuts are listed in the Menus along the top of your screen. 

Keyboard Shortcuts 6

Function  Keys

F1  F2  F3  F4  F5  F6  F7  F8  F9  F10  F11  F12

Some of the Function keys at the top of your keyboard are not used a lot but these are some you might like to use.

Some are used on their own.

Some are used together with another key or keys.

Here are some you might like to use:

F1 Help

Ctrl+F2 Print Preview

Alt+F4 Close a programme

F7 Spell Check

F12 Save As

Shift+F3 Change case [case = capitals and small letters] on a highlighted word.  Changes case each time used. 

Here are two keyboard functions to use instead of using the mouse

1.  Hold the Alt key while you type the underlined letter of a Menu heading

2.  Type the underlined letter of the word you want in the Menu list

Example 1

Alt+F to  open the File Menu.  

Type ‘a’ to bring up the (Save As) dialogue box

 Example 2

 Alt+I to open the (Insert menu)

Type ‘b’ to open a (Break list)

BUT watch out – sometimes Alt plus the underlined letter is needed in the second box.

ESC Key Remember – if a dialogue box you don’t want to use suddenly appears on your screen it will usually disappear if you press the ESC key.

ENTER key This can be used in most cases instead of clicking the mouse on “OK”  or “YES” in dialogue boxes. Or YES, NO, CANCEL boxes.

I hope you find some of these Keyboard shortcuts will save you some energy instead of reaching for the mouse so often.

They can also be quite useful if your mouse suddenly doesn’t work and you have some typing or editing to do.

Pick out the shortcuts you think will be useful in your typing.

Keyboard Shortcuts 7

Dividing long documents

You may sometimes type a long document which you eventually want to split into smaller documents for easy access.

METHOD

First Open your long document and make sure the first words at the top of each section or page to be saved separately are the words you want for the title of that new document.

When scrolling through any document it is handy to use the Arrow keys.

With an Arrow key scroll to where you want to start the new document.

To highlight this section hold down the Left Shift and use your Right hand to Arrow scroll down to where you want to finish.

Release the Shift key and press and hold down the Ctrl key while you:

Type C – to copy

Type N – to open a new document

Type V – to paste the selection into the new document

Release the Ctrl key

Alt+F – for File menu

Type A – to choose Save As

Check the ‘Save in’ box and alter if need be (I save these to the Desktop till I have finished the task)

Alt+S – To Save this as your new document

Ctrl+W – to Close the new document

Your original long document will still be on your screen.

Press an Arrow key to remove the highlighting (if you touch any other key your text will disappear. If this happens, use Ctrl+Z to bring back the text, then press an Arrow key)

Now all you need to do for each new document section or page is to Arrow scroll to the start of the next new starting point and repeat the above process.

I then make a new folder on the desktop and give it the name of the original document then move each of the new documents into that folder.

Open the folder and check that all your new documents are listed.

Open and check each new document. Use Alt+F4 to bring up Print Preview to check your page fit.

You have kept your hands on the keyboard for almost all of the above

When you are satisfied all is as you want it move the folder to whereever you want to save it on your hard drive and/or onto a disk or CD.

NOTE: Highlighting on a Web page is usually only possible by dragging the mouse over the text

Moving around the Desktop and making a Right Click without the Mouse!

Did you know that once you click to highlight any Icon on the Desktop you can move around the other Icons by using the Arrow keys?

You can then, stop when your chosen Icon is highlighted, and press the ENTER key to Open it.

 Instead of a Right Click at any time, you may have a key you could press to bring up that Menu. It should be on the row where the Spacebar is, probably next to the Ctrl key. Some computers have one on the left and one on the right.

A different Right Click menu may appear depending on what type of window is on your screen.

When that menu appears, remember you can type an underlined letter to choose that word.

Examples:

Click the Right Click key then, depending on which box appears, type P to bring up Properties, or F for the Font dialogue box, or even b for Draw table. In the latter example, when you move your cursor it turns into the drawing pencil for you to draw a table. To de-active the ‘draw table’ press the key again and type the b and your cursor will again be the normal active cursor. Experiment – there is so much more.

The Windows Key, also on that bottom row, has many uses as quick ways to do things.

You can bring up the Start menu by pressing the Windows Key then use the arrow keys to scroll through items or type the first letter of a listed word then press Enter to activate. You can close your computer too by pressing the Windows key then the underlined letter in the next two boxes.

Other Examples:

HAPPY TYPING!