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- Keyboard Lessons
-
- For those who have just got an Amiga after using a PC or have never used
- a computer before, then this article should get you familiar with the
- Amigas way of handling the keyboard.
-
- First of all, we'll go over the letter keys. As with every computer, you
- get letter keys in the fashion:
-
- QWERTYUIOP
- ASDFGHJKL
- ZXCVBNM
-
- They are printed on the keys using capitals, but if you press them then
- they will not come out as capitals. If you press Q on the keyboard, then
- a small 'q' will be printed on the screen. Fairly obvious. Then, if you
- press SHIFT:
-
- +-------------+
- | /\ |
- | || |
- +-------------+
-
-
- and a letter key together, you will get a captial. Also, if you want to
- type a lot in capitals like A WHOLE SENTENCE USING CAPITAL LETTERS then
- you can use Caps lock. (Standing for Capital Lock). So every letter
- you type will appear capital.
-
- The number keys can be pressed down and they will produce that number
- on the screen. If you press '1' then '1' will appear on screen. But
- it you use SHIFT then you will get the symbol which appears on the
- top of the key. So:
-
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
- ! " £ $ % ^ & * ( )
-
- or if you are using the American Keyboard setting:
-
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
- ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )
-
- Other keys you can use are:
-
- NORMAL WITH SHIFT
- [ {
- ] }
- ; :
- # @
- , <
- . >
- / ?
- - _
- = +
- \ |
-
-
- The number keys and the keys in the list above do not work with caps lock.
- Finally, only on the Amiga can you use Alt with some keys to get
- other results. Here is the full list:
-
- NORMAL WITH ALT WITH ALT AND CAPS LOCK
- Q å Å
- W ° °
- E © ©
- R ® ®
- T þ Þ
- Y ¤ ¥
- U µ µ
- I ¡ ¦
- O ø Ø
- P ¶ ¶
- A æ Æ
- S ß §
- D ð Ð
- L £ £
- Z ± ¬
- X × ÷
- C ç Ç
- V ª ª
- B º º
- N ¯
- M ¸ ¿
- 1 ¹
- 2 ²
- 3 ³
- 4 ¢
- 5 ¼
- 6 ½
- 7 ¾
- 8 ·
- 9 «
- 0 »
-
- DEAD KEYS
-
- You probably haven't heard of 'Dead Keys' unless you've thoroughly read
- the Workbench Manual. Anyway, Dead keys are keys which you can press
- and then the next key you press will appear differently. The dead
- keys are activated using the ALT key and give the following output:
-
- KEY COMBINATION OUTPUT ON NEXT KEYPRESS
- ALT+F á é í ó ú
- ALT+G à è ì ò ù
- ALT+H â ê î ô û
- ALT+J ã õ
- ALT+K ä ë ï ö ü
-
- For instance, if you press ALT and K and then A, you will get ä on
- the screen. If you press ALT and K and then Shift and A then you
- will get Ä instead of ä.
-
- I hope you found this article useful.
-
-