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Lesson 4 ("a" ";" "f" "j" "g" and "h");

Use Message Board

 

Hi, Welcome to Lesson Four.

 

         In this lesson,

 

1          You will review typing "a" ";" "f" and "j".

 

2          You will learn to type "g" and "h".

 

4          Use the Message Board to let your teacher know how you liked

            this lesson.

 

5          Practice your keyboarding and writing skills by

            using the Message Board.

 

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To get ready for this lesson, please resize your screens

and open up your word processor:

 

(You may go directly to the Tying Section if you already know

how to resize your screens and if you know how to open up your word processor.)

 

Resizing screens

               

               

R 1       Double click the blue line at the very top of the screen

             (the line that has the words "keyboard_four").

 

R 2       After your double click, the screen should become smaller (or shrink).

 

R 3       Point your cursor to the right edge of the screen until it turns into

             a double arrow.

 

R 4       Move the edge to the left (by dragging the cursor to the left), so

             the screen is smaller.

 

R 5       Put your cursor to the very top blue line again and drag the screen

             to the extreme right.

             (When you drag your cursor, the screen should move with your cursor).

 

 

R 9       Now you should be able to see your desk top (the initial entry screen with all the icons).

 

          This is how you open up your Word Processing Program:

 

W 1     Click on your desk top and double click your word processor icon.

 

W 2     Make sure your word processor is opened.

 

W 3     Shrink the word processor screen (by double clicking on the blue line

             at the very top of your word processor screen).

 

W 4     Re-size the screen so that it is smaller (go to the right edge of screen

             until the arrow turns into a double arrow and drag the edge to

             the left of your screen)

 

W 6     After you opened up your word processor, you should have

             a blank screen for typing.

 

         Typing:

 

T 1.     On your word processing screen, type the following

 

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

 

T 2.     Move your right hand pinky to the Enter button and

         hit the "Enter" button once.

 

         Now your cursor (the blinking line on your computer)

         should be on a different line.

 

T 3.     Now type the following:

 

 

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

 

T 4.     Move your right hand pinky to the Enter button and

         hit the "Enter" button once.

 

         Now your cursor (the blinking line on your computer)

         should be on a different line.

 

T 5.     Now type the following:

 

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

 

 

T 6.     When you are done, your work should look like this:

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

T 7.     Hit the "Return" button two times.

 

T 8.     Type the above work again one more time.

 

         Your work should look like this now:

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

T 9.     Move your right hand pinky to the Enter button and

         hit the "Enter" button two times.

 

T 10.    Make sure all your fingers are on the home row, that is,

         your left pinky should be on "A" and your right pinky on  " ; "

 

T 11.     Extend your left finger on "G" and type three "g" on the next row.

 

T 12.     Your work should now look like this:

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

         ggg

 

T 13      Use left thumb and hit on space bar once.

 

T 13.     Extend right thumb and type "H" three times.

 

T 14.     Your work should look like this now:

 

          aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

          ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

          fff jjj fff jjj

 

          aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

          ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

          fff jjj fff jjj

 

          ggg   hhh

 

T 15.    Use right thumb to hit space bar once.

 

16.      Now use what you have learned and type the following:

 

         ggg hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh

 

T 17.    Your work should look like this now:

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

         ggg  hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh

 

T 18.     Use right pinky and hit "Enter" two times.

 

T 19.     Now, type the following: (Type 1 space between each group)

 

         hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh ggg

         ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg

         hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh

 

T 20.     Now your work should look like this.

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

         aaa aaa ;;; ;;;

         ;;; ;;; aaa aaa ;;;

         fff jjj fff jjj

 

         ggg  hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh

 

         hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh ggg hhh ggg

         ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg ghg

         hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh hgh

 

 

 

 

PO 10              You are now done typing

 

         Use the Message Board to give feed back to your teacher

 

EM 1       You can use the Message Board to let your teacher know what

                 you think of this lesson.

 

 

         Discuss the Lesson with Classmates:

 

D 1          You can discuss this lesson with your classmates by using the Message Board.

 

 

         Now, you are done. Good job! Turn off the computer and return

         all handouts to your teacher.

 

         Good-bye and have a nice day. Thank you.


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