Introduction - The Basic Technique

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Integrated Keyboarding is based on a simple technique using the second, third and fourth fingers of your right hand. All Leftward motion comes from your second finger pressing its home key "J". All Rightward motion comes from your fourth finger pressing its home key "L". Up and down motion comes from your third finger moving up to "I" or down to "COMMA".

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1. Mouse - a. Left, Right, Up, Down

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To move the Mouse, use your left hand to press on the WINDOWS and ALT keys.

With your right hand, apply the Basic Technique (Introduction):

All Leftward motion comes from your second finger pressing its home key "J". All Rightward motion comes from your fourth finger pressing its home key "L". Up and down motion comes from your third finger moving up to "I" or down to "COMMA".

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1. Mouse - b. Diagonal

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As in all Mouse movement, use your left hand to press on the WINDOWS and ALT keys.

To move the mouse upward to the left, use your second finger to press "U". To move the mouse upward to the right, use your fourth finger to press "O". To move the mouse downward to the left, use your second finger to press "M". To move the mouse downward to the right, use your fourth finger to press "PERIOD".

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1. Mouse - c. Left Click - Right Click

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As in all Mouse movement, use your left hand to press on the WINDOWS and ALT keys.

To left-click the mouse, press the third finger down on its home key "K".

To right-click the mouse, move the fifth finger to press ";" (semi-colon).

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2. Dragging

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As in all Mouse movement, use your left hand to press on the WINDOWS and ALT keys.

With the second finger of your right hand click once on the "H" key. This will insert the mouse in the desired object.

Now move the mouse in any direction, (vertical, horizontal or diagonal) as you learned in the Mouse lessons.

To release the drag, continue to press the WINDOWS and ALT key with your left hand and press the "QUOTATION" key with the fifth finger. This will release the INSERT.

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3. Scrolling

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To scroll inside a Window, use your left hand to press on the CONTROL and WINDOWS keys.

With your right hand, use the four directional keys that you learned in the Introduction to move horizontally and vertically.

All Leftward motion comes from your second finger pressing its home key "J". All Rightward motion comes from your fourth finger pressing its home key "L". Up and down motion comes from your third finger moving up to "I" or down to "COMMA".

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4. Cursor: a. Left, Right, Up, Down

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To move the Cursor, use your left hand to press on the CONTROL key. With your right hand, apply the Basic Technique (Introduction):

All Leftward motion comes from your second finger pressing its home key "J". All Rightward motion comes from your fourth finger pressing its home key "L". Up and down motion comes from your third finger moving up to "I" or down to "COMMA".

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4. Cursor: b. Line Start, Word Right, Line End

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As in all Cursor movement, use your left hand to press on the CONTROL key.

To move to the Start of the line, use your second finger to "H".

To move one Word Right, use your third finger to press on its home key "K".

To move to the End of the line, move your fifth finger to press its home key "SEMI-COLON".

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4. Cursor: c. Page Up, Page Down, Doc Start, Doc End

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As in all Cursor movement, use your left hand to press on the CONTROL key.

To move the cursor up by page, move your second finger up to press the "U" key.

To move the cursor down by page, move your second finger down to press the "M" key.

To move the cursor to the Start of the document, move your second finger to press the "Y" key.

To move the cursor to the End of the document, move your second finger to press the "N" key.

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5. Highlight: a. Left, Right, Up, Down

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To Highlight, use your left hand to press on the CONTROL and SHIFT keys. With your right hand, apply the Basic Technique (Introduction):

All Leftward motion comes from your second finger pressing its home key "J". All Rightward motion comes from your fourth finger pressing its home key "L". Up and down motion comes from your third finger moving up to "I" or down to "COMMA".

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5. Highlight: b. LineStart, Word Right, Line End

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As in all Highlighting, use your left hand to press on the CONTROL and SHIFT keys.

To Highlight to the Start of the line, use your second finger to press "H".

To Highlight one Word Right, use your third finger to press on its home key "K".

To Highlight to the End of the line, move your fifth finger to press its home key "SEMI-COLON".

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5. Highlight: c. Page Up, Page Down, Doc Start, Doc End

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As in all Highlighting, use your left hand to press on the CONTROL and SHIFT keys.

To Highlight up by page, move your second finger up to press the "U" key.

To Highlight down by page, move your second finger down to press the "M" key.

To Highlight to the Start of the document, move your second finger to press the "Y" key.

To Highlight to the End of the document, move your second finger to press the "N" key.

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6. Numbers: a. 1-9

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To Number, use your left hand to press on the ALT key. The number pad is laid out exactly like the traditional keyboard number pad.

For the number 1, move your second finger down to "M".
For the number 2, move your third finger down to "," (COMMA).
For the number 3, move your fourth finger down to "." (PERIOD).

For the number 4, use your second finger to press its home key "J".
For the number 5, use your third finger to press its home key "K".
For the number 6, use your fourth finger to press its home key "L".

For the number 7, move your second finger up to "U".
For the number 8, move your third finger up to "I".
For the number 9, move your fourth finger up "O".

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6. Numbers: b. Zero and Decimal

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As in all numbering, use your left hand to press on ALT.

For Zero, move your second finger down to "N".

For Decimal, move your fifth finger down to "/".

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6. Numbers: c. Operation Keys

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As in all numbering, use your left hand to press on ALT.

For "+" (addition), move your fifth finger right to press ";" (SEMI-COLON).

For "-" (subtraction), move your fifth finger right to """ (QUOTATION).

For "/" (division), move your fifth finger up to "P".

For "*" (multiplication), move your fifth finger up and right to "[".

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6. Numbers: d. Lock and Unlock the Number Pad

If you want to use the number pad without holding down the ALT key, simply press ALT and the letter "Z" with your left hand. This will lock the number pad.

To unlock the number pad press ALT and the letter "C".

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7. Delete

To delete, simply press the CONTROL key with your left hand, and the BACKSPACE key with your right hand.

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