CHAPTER
3
MEET THE KEYS
The
keyboard
is
an essential
part
of
all com-
puters, including
your
Atari.
The
computer com-
municates
wIth
you
by
creating sound and
graphics
on
your
TV set.
You
communicate
with
the
computer
by
typing
on the computer con-
sole's keyboard. Using the computer keyboard
is
as
easy
as
typing
a letter
to
a friend on a type-
writer,
and
the
effect
is
the
same-an
exchange
of
information
takes place. Once
you
learn a
few
simple tricks
about
using the keyboard, using
your
computer
will
be easier than
you
may
think.
Take
a
look
at
the keyboard on
your
Atari.
It
looks
very
much like a normal
typewriter
key-
board. The letter keys are arranged in the stan-
dard
layout
called OWERTY This name
is
derived from the letters on the left side
of
the
upper
row
of
letter keys
(0
,
W,
E,
R,
T,
and
Y).
In
addition
to
the letter keys, the keyboard has a
row
of
number
keys
at
the
top
, a
SPACEBAR
at
the
bottom,
two
SHIFT keys (one
on
each side
of
the
SPACEBAR),
various
punctuation
symbols (to
the
right
of
the alphabet keys), and a
RETURN
key.
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