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When to use the keyboard
You will need to use the keyboard for many tasks, such as
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Whenever you need to use the keyboard within the desktop, a vertical bar appears. This
is called a caret. Any characters you type will appear to the left of the caret, which will
move to the right.
Moving around a document
Some other keys allow you to move to different parts of a document:
Home
Page up
Page down
These keys have no effect in some applications (!Paint or !Draw, for example).
You can, of course, use the scroll bars and cursor keys to move around a document.
supplying answers to questions the computer asks in writable menu boxes (
including giving names to files and documents you create)
using a word processor, or a text editor like Edit (for an example of this, see
Using applications on page 43)
choosing some menu options using keyboard short-cuts (for example F3 to Save
a file)
entering data in a spreadsheet or database.
moves the caret to the start of the document
moves to the previous 'windowful' of the document
moves to the next 'windowful' of the document.
Using the keyboard
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