{"id":558,"date":"2023-10-30T13:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifedigilearn\/?page_id=558"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:28:45","slug":"typing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifedigilearn\/digital-literacy\/digital-skills\/typing\/","title":{"rendered":"Typing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Typing is an important digital skill and includes knowledge of keyboard layout, typing to input text or data and using keyboard shortcuts.<\/h2>\n<p>The standard keyboard layout is shown below and is referred to as a QWERTY keyboard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifedigilearn\/digital-literacy\/digital-skills\/typing\/uppercase-keyboard-layout\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifedigilearn\/digital-literacy\/digital-skills\/typing\/uppercase-keyboard-layout\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout.png\" data-orig-size=\"1260,709\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Uppercase keyboard layout\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout-1024x576.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-561 size-full\" style=\"color: #666666;font-size: 1.25rem\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout.png 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2023\/10\/30132111\/Uppercase-keyboard-layout-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letter keys are all in uppercase and sometimes it helps to see these in lowercase too, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifedigilearn\/digital-literacy\/digital-skills\/typing\/lowercase-keyboard-layout\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-794\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"794\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifedigilearn\/digital-literacy\/digital-skills\/typing\/lowercase-keyboard-layout\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2024\/04\/15170742\/Lowercase-keyboard-layout.png\" data-orig-size=\"1260,709\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lowercase keyboard layout\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2024\/04\/15170742\/Lowercase-keyboard-layout-300x169.png\" 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768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>want to use these images? Click below to download a pdf version:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/fifedigilearn\/uploads\/sites\/13455\/2024\/07\/12162826\/Keyboard-Layout.pdf\">Keyboard Layout<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typing is an important digital skill and includes knowledge of keyboard layout, typing to input text or data and using keyboard shortcuts. The standard keyboard layout is shown below and is referred to as a QWERTY keyboard. 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