The first typewriter commercially available was the Hansen Writing Ball of 1870. the keyboard is difficult to describe (see the picture linked below). It contained the letters of the English alphabet, numbers 2-9, and several special characters.
what types of letters did the first keyboard type?
qwerty keyboard because these letters are the first 5 letters on the keyboard
Press the letters on the keyboard.
It is called that because the first six letters on a standard keyboard are the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and Y.
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It is called a QWERTY keyboard because of the first 6 letters on your keyboard. Look at your keyboard and look at the first six letters at the top. It will be 'qwerty' hence the name.
To type letters and number and also for shortcuts.
By using the keyboard to type in characters
keys that type letters
The reasoning for the keyboard setup is that commonly used keys are not close together as not to cause confusion for the typist. Also, the first letter is a Q, and letters not commonly used are in the corners, edges, and sides. The most frequently used letters are colser to the KEYBOARD HOME ROW, which is the exact middle line of your keyboard (A S D F J K L and ;)
The first name of the keyboard was called "Qwerty", you can actually see those letters on the top left hand corner of your keyboard too.
These are the first five letters on the second line of your keyboard.
on your keyboard there is a button above the addition and equals sign that says num lk. Press that button and you can type again with letters.