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Learning how to fix mistakes and use capital letters using special keys.
What if you had a magic wand that could erase any mistake or turn a small letter into a giant one with just one tap?
The Backspace key is like a digital eraser. It lives at the top right of your keyboard. When you press it, it deletes the letter or space right before your blinking cursor. If you have letters and you press Backspace time, you will have letters left. It moves from right to left, cleaning up any 'oopsies' you made while typing. It is the best way to fix a word without starting the whole sentence over!
Let's fix the word 'Catt' to make it 'Cat'. 1. Look at the word: 'Catt'. 2. Put your cursor at the very end of the word. 3. Press the Backspace key once. 4. Now you have 'Cat'!
Quick Check
Which direction does the Backspace key erase: to the left or to the right?
Answer
It erases to the left.
The Enter key is your 'New Line' button. Imagine you are writing in a notebook and you reach the end of the page. You have to move your pen down to start a new row. On a computer, the Enter key does that for you! It tells the computer, 'I am done with this line, let's go to the next one.' This is very helpful when you want to make a list or write a poem.
Let's put these items on different lines: 1. Type 'Apples'. 2. Press the Enter key. 3. Type 'Milk'. 4. Press the Enter key. 5. Type 'Bread'.
Quick Check
If you want to start a new paragraph, which key should you press?
Answer
The Enter key.
Let's type the name 'Sam' with a capital 'S'. 1. Use one finger to hold down the Shift key. 2. While holding Shift, tap the 's' key. 3. Let go of both keys. You should see a big 'S'. 4. Type 'a' and 'm' normally.
What happens if you press Backspace 3 times on the word 'School'?
How do you make a capital 'B'?
The Enter key is used to erase mistakes.
Review Tomorrow
Tomorrow, try to remember which key is the 'Magic Eraser' and which one is the 'New Line' key.
Practice Activity
Open a document and try to type your first name with a capital letter, then use Enter to type your last name on the line below it!