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Original typewriters didn't have quite as many keys as computer keyboards today do. They had letters of the alphabet, numbers and symbols across the tops of the numbers, with a shift key for capital letters, and a caps lock key, plus a tab key and a backspace key.
These keys were arranged in the identical order as the same keys are on today's keyboards.
Instead of a "return" key, they had a manual level on the right of the typewriter that you reached up and pulled to the left (using your right hand) to advance to the beginning of the next line.
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What is an instrument with fifteen metal keys?
An instrument that has 15 metal keys is called a nyunga nyunga. These 15 keys are arranged in 2 different rows and is a type of mbira instrument.
Why are the keys on the QWERTY keyboard aranged the way they are?
because theywere the first le4ters in the type writer
How does the typewriter affect your lives today?
The type-writer was the precursor for the modern computer keyboard. Originally, typewriters had a different key layout, the 'qwerty' layout currently used was designed to be slow so as to prevent people using typewriters typing too fast and jamming up the keys.
Why the letters on a computer keypad are spread in such a way?
It is arranged like a type writer which was the earlier form and most learned for typing. So if you use a typing program and learn it well the faster you will type.
How Did Christopher Latham Sholes Design The Keyboard?
i heard that the QWERTY design was because on type writers people got so used to the keys in the Alpha position that the type writer would become jammed at points when people would press 2 keys at the same time.. so he put the keys in a random order
When was The Enchanted Type-Writer created?
The Enchanted Type-Writer was created in 1899.
What are keys that change the meaning of what you type?
Modifier keys, the answer is modifer.
Definition of keyboard alphabetical keys?
keys that type letters
How many pages does The Enchanted Type-Writer have?
The Enchanted Type-Writer has 170 pages.
Give three functions of type writer?
Give three functions of type writer
What happens to your mortgage when you are hospitalized?
Your mortgage must be paid unless you have arranged for some type of mortgage insurance.Your mortgage must be paid unless you have arranged for some type of mortgage insurance.Your mortgage must be paid unless you have arranged for some type of mortgage insurance.Your mortgage must be paid unless you have arranged for some type of mortgage insurance.
Why are the keys on the typewriter not arranged alphabetically?
type writers are not alphabetical because the old way they were made was as such that the keys couldn't be typed to fast as a hammer like object with the key printerd on it struk the paper and made the ink come through and if it was arranged alpha style certain keys next to each other or very close i.e. a and e that get used alot would strike each other at the base of the hammers and jam up making it harder to type faster its all about the time it takes to hit the paper and reset back in its place before the next one hits ect. think that's right
