Home Row AND Number Row: Iii. Preliminary Activities

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OA-KDP (KEYBOARDING AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING)

College of Computer Studies

I. INTRODUCTION
This module shows you how to key in the letters,
numbers and symbols using the proper finger. This
also lets you familiarize each symbol you see on a
keyboard.

Module 2 II. OBJECTIVES


HOME ROW 1. Introduce the home row and proper finger
position
AND 2. Demonstrate touch typing to the home row
and to other keyboard keys
NUMBER ROW 3. Demonstrate proper typing techniques and
applying the proper keystroking

III. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES


What are home row keys and the fingers used to the corresponding home row letters/symbols?

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IV. LESSON PROPER


WEEK 2

HOME ROW

The home row keys are the row of keys on the computer keyboard that your fingers rest on when not
typing.

The row below the home row is the first row.


The row above the home row is the third row.

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OA-KDP (KEYBOARDING AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING)
College of Computer Studies

THIRD ROW

The Third row is composed of the letters Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O and P (from left to right).

FIRST ROW
The First row is composed of the letters Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and symbols comma (,), period (.), forward slash
(/). And above comma is the symbol less than (<), above period is greater than (>), and above forward
slash is question mark (?).

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OA-KDP (KEYBOARDING AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING)
College of Computer Studies

KEYBOARDING NUMBER ROW

Above the third row lies the number row. Number row is composed of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
and symbols above each number are exclamation point (!), at sign (@), hash or number sign (#), dollar
sign ($), percentage sign (%), caret (^), ampersand (&), asterisk (*), and open and close parenthesis (),
respectively.

SYMBOLS

Other symbols in the keyboard that are pressed by the right little finger are the following:

Open and Close Bracket [ ] Quotation Mark “

Open and Close Braces { } Underscore _

Backslash \ Hyphen/Dash –

Semi-colon ; Plus sign +

Colon : Equal sign =

Apostrophe ‘ Vertical Bar |

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OA-KDP (KEYBOARDING AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING)
College of Computer Studies

V. PRACTICE EXERCISES
Identify which finger is used on the following letters, numbers or symbols.

1) O- 6) > -
2) H- 7) { -
3) S- 8) 2 -
4) C- 9) 8 -
5) ^- 10) 5 -

VI. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES


 https://www.typingtest.com/

VII. ASSESSMENT
(To be given in a separate worksheet)
VIII. REFERENCES
 https://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_1.html

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