JSS2 Business Studies Third Term: Techniques Development In Keyboarding

Topic: Techniques Development In Keyboarding

Contents:

1. Meaning of a keyboard
2. Carriage return lever
3. Use of margin release key
4. Division of words at Line ends
5. Typewriter Ribbons

Meaning of Keyboard

A keyboard is a panel of buttons used for typing and performing other functions on a computer or typewriter.

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This is a lever used for turning up the paper and for returning the typewriter carriage to the right in order to begin a new line.

Use of margin-release Key

When the margin release key is depressed, it allows you to type beyond the set margin points at either end of the line.

Division of Words at Line Ends

Typist must aim at securing uniformity of the right-hand margins of the left. It is often necessary to break words and carry over the remaining part on the next line. This is why it is always necessary to always set the margin on the right. There is a waving five spaces to get to the right hand margin.

Rules to be followed

1. Compounds words should be divided at the original point of juncture: glass-ware, every-thing, self-made
2. Suffixes and prefixes should be divided at their natural points of division i.e before the surffix or after the prefix
3. Consonants that are doubled should be divided between the two consonants: neces-sary, bril-liant,excel-lent, wal-lop

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