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2 Using the Keyboard
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Heads Up!
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Heads Up!
Heads Up!

‘Shift’ key special characters

punctuation marks

Let’s Learn

We use the ‘Caps Lock’ key to type uppercase letters. You can also type letters in
uppercase by holding down the ‘Shift’ key and then pressing any letter key.

The ‘Shift’ key can also be used for keys which have two symbols. For example, the
‘1’ key also has an exclamation mark ‘!’ above it. If you hold down the ‘Shift’ key
and press ‘1’, you will type the ‘!’ symbol.
Many keys have two symbols. Some symbols are special characters while others
are punctuation marks.

Let’s Practise

Writing symbols.

1
Open the file ‘Keyboard Practice 3.docx’.

2
Try to find the characters and punctuation
marks on your keyboard.

Punctuation marks: ! ? < > ( )
Special characters: @ # $ % ^ & *

Uppercase letters: BLUE AND LUCY

3
Save your file and exit.

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