Windows 7 / Getting Started

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Typing & editing the text using Keyboard

Whenever you need to type something in a program, e-mail message or text box typing keys of a keyboard are used. You can move the cursor by clicking in the desired location with the mouse, or by using the navigation keys present on the keyboard.

In addition to letters, numerals, punctuation marks, and symbols, the typing keys also include Shift, Caps Lock, Tab, Enter, the Spacebar, and Backspace keys.

Key name	How to use it
Shift	Press Shift in combination with a letter to type an uppercase letter. Press Shift in combination with another key to type the symbol shown on the upper part of that key.
Caps Lock	Press Caps Lock once to type all letters as uppercase. Press Caps Lock again to turn this function off. Your keyboard might have a light indicating whether Caps Lock is on.
Tab	Press Tab to move the cursor several spaces forward. You can also press Tab to move to the next text box on a form.
Enter	Press Enter to move the cursor to the beginning of the next line. In a dialog box, press Enter to select the highlighted button.
Spacebar	Press the Spacebar to move the cursor one space forward.
Backspace	Press Backspace to delete the character before the cursor, or the selected text.