The standard keyboard has 104 keys, and many more characters can be typed on it. What characters we need when typing, programs or when performing complex calculations are on the keyboard and where they hide - tips for novice users.
The most essential characters on the keyboard
No computer or laptop user can do without letters on the keyboard, entered using the appropriate keys. Almost every key has 2 letters - English at the top and Russian at the bottom, i.e. the keyboard has 26 letters of the English alphabet and 33 letters of the Russian alphabet. Moreover, it can be both lowercase and uppercase letters, which are printed using the Shift key.
There are punctuation marks in both the English and Russian layouts, although they are located in different places on the keyboard. It is convenient when working with Russian text that the period and comma are the same key, which is located in the bottom row of the letter keys of the very last. Only the comma is printed in combination with the Shift key. And in the English layout, the period is the key with the Russian letter Y, and the comma is B. So you do not need to switch from one font to another to enter these punctuation marks.
We use digital signs or numbers not only for calculations, but also in the text to denote various numerical data. In this case, you can use both the upper numeric row of the keyboard and the additional numeric block (small numeric keypad) located on the right of the keyboard.
The main signs of arithmetic operations (plus "+", minus "-", multiplication "*", division "/"), located on the small numeric keypad, by analogy with the usual calculator, so it is convenient to use them in calculations. But if you just need to type the equal sign "=", and not find out the result of the calculations, then you will not find such a sign there. It is located in the upper digital row after the number 0 through one key.
What are the most commonly used characters on the keyboard
If you look closely at the keyboard, you can see that many characters are hidden in the digital row and on the right side of the letter rows, the last keys. To enter characters instead of letters or numbers when printing, you need to switch the upper case with the Shift key.
If you go in order, starting with the number 1, then in this way, when printing Russian texts, you enter:
1) exclamation mark "!";
2) opening and closing quotation marks at the beginning and end of the phrase "…";
3) then, if necessary, the number sign “No.”;
4) semicolon ";";
5) percent sign "%";
6) colon ":";
7) question mark "?";
8) the asterisk "*", which is also used as a multiplication sign in computer calculations;
9) open parenthesis "(";
10) round closing bracket ")" on the key with the number 0;
11) a hyphen and a "-" sign - look the same in the computer version. A dash (longer) appears automatically with spaces before and after this character in text programs or is entered using a special code.
12) the sign is equal to "=" and the sign "+" in upper case, i.e. in combination with the Shift key.
It is noteworthy that the exclamation mark,%, *, parentheses are found in both Russian and English keyboard layouts on the same keys.
But some characters only exist in the English layout. For example, square […] and curly {…} brackets, which are located on keys with Russian letters X (opening) and b (closing), the sign greater than ">" (key with the Russian letter Y) and less "Rarely used characters on the keyboard
In everyday life, an ordinary user rarely has to use characters that exist only in the English layout: different variants of quotation marks “…”, '…', `…`, dashes “|”, forward “/” and backward “\” slash, tilde “~ ". But the paragraph sign "§" or the degree "°" would not hurt , but they are not on the keyboard. You have to enter some characters in the text in a different way.
