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Typing · Ages 9+ · Set A
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Remember: A shortcut is two or three keys pressed together. Use only the ones you know, and look in the menu if you forget.

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The shortcut raceLena and her Grandad Piet had a race to copy one line and paste it into a new note, with Bolt the tortoise as the judge. Lena used the mouse and hunted through menus for the word Copy. Grandad used shortcuts and won by a mile. A shortcut is two or three keys pressed together. Hold the first key, usually Control, tap the second, then let go of both. Copy is Control and the C key. Paste is Control and the V key. Cut is Control and the X key. Undo is Control and the Z key. Select all is Control and the A key. Save is Control and the S key. Find is Control and the F key. Later Lena mashed three keys together at random, and her window closed. Grandad said some shortcuts do big jobs, so only press the ones you know.
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How do you press a shortcut?
tap each key slowly, one after the otherhold the first key and tap the secondhold every key for a minute
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Lena's page was safe when her window closed, because she had saved it a minute ago.
TrueFalse
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Why did Grandad Piet win the race?
he used shortcutshe used a bigger mouseBolt cheered for him

Which keys?

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Hold Control, then tap the blue key. Join each job to its key.
  1. 1copy
  2. 2paste
  3. 3undo
  4. 4save
  • Athe S key
  • Bthe V key
  • Cthe C key
  • Dthe Z key
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Hold Control and tap the blue key. What does it do?
saves your workselects everything on the pagelooks for a word on the page
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Number what you do to press a shortcut.
  • Tap the second key
  • Let go of both
  • Hold the first key, usually Control
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Circle every shortcut that is safe to try.
copy a linecloses the programtakes back the last stepdeletes a file for goodlooks for a word
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Every shortcut is the same on every computer.
TrueFalse
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Control and the S key your work, so it is safe.
savesclosesfinds
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You forgot a shortcut. What do you do?
mash keys and seegive up on shortcutslook in the menu, which shows the shortcut beside each job
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Fix the mistake: Ben says undo is Control and the C key. Which key goes with Control for undo?
the Z keythe C keythe S key
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A shortcut fails on a friend's computer, so you should press every key until something happens.
TrueFalse

Copy and write

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Copy it. Control and the C key
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Write the keys for paste. Then write one kind of shortcut you should ask a grown-up about first.
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Keys together
1hold the first key and tap the second Hold the first key, usually Control, tap the second, then let go of both.
2True A page that was saved is safe, even when a window closes.
3he used shortcuts Grandad never touched the mouse. His fingers zipped across the keys while Lena hunted through menus.
41-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A Copy is Control and the C key, paste is Control and the V key, undo is Control and the Z key, and save is Control and the S key.
5looks for a word on the page Control and the F key is find. It looks for a word on the page. Select all is Control and the A key.
62, 3, 1 Hold the first key, tap the second, then let go of both.
7copy a line, takes back the last step, looks for a word Copy, undo and find only copy, take back a step or look. Closing a program and deleting a file for good are big jobs: ask a grown-up first.
8False Shortcuts change between programs, and some computers use another key for the Control job. Ask a grown-up.
9saves Save keeps your work safe, like Lena's page when her window closed.
10look in the menu, which shows the shortcut beside each job Mashing keys can close a program. The menu reminds you, so you do not have to remember them all.
11the Z key Control and the C key is copy. Undo is Control and the Z key, and the Z takes back your last step.
12False Pressing every key can do big jobs by accident. Ask a grown-up which key does the job there.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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