| A | B |
|---|
| Ctrl-P | print |
| Ctrl-S | save |
| Ctrl-A | select all |
| Backspace | Erases text to the left of the cursor |
| Delete | Erases text to the right of the cursor |
| Home | Put cursor at the beginning of the line |
| End | Puts cursor at the end of the line |
| Page Up | Moves the cursor up by a screen-ful |
| Page Down | Moves the cursor down by a screen-ful |
| Spacing around period inside initials | No space before, one space after |
| Spacing around periods inside abbreviations | No space before, no space after |
| Homerow key that reaches to U | J |
| Homerow key that reaches to I | K |
| Homerow key that reaches to O | L |
| Homerow key that reaches to W | S |
| Homerow key that reaches to C | D |
| Homerow key that reaches to G | F |
| Homerow key that reaches to H | J |
| Homerow key that reaches to ENTER | ; |
| Homerow key that reaches to N | J |
| Good typists keep their feet | On the floor in front of them |
| Good typists keep their elbows | Off the table and loosely by their side |
| Good typists keep their eyes | Off their fingers |
| Good typists keep their fingers | On homerow |
| Good typists use | Correct reaches |
| Good typists | Sit relatively straight in their chair |
| insert | existing text moves over to allow new text to be added |
| typeover | existing text is erased as new text is added |
| insert | key that toggles between insert/typeover mode |
| left | default alignment |
| center | typically used for titles |
| right | alignment with straight right-edge, jagged left-edge |
| justified | alignment with straight edges on both left and right sides |
| center aligned | alignment with no straight edges on either side |
| Ctrl-Z | undo |
| Ctrl-Y | redo or repeat |
| red "squiggly" underline | means that the word MAY be misspelled |
| green "squiggly" underline | means that there MAY be a grammar error |
| hard line break | the user determines the end of the line |
| soft line break | the computer determines the end of the line |
| hard page break | used when there is more room on a page, but you are ready to move to the next page |
| soft page break | used when there is no more room on the page, and need to move to the next page |
