-as of [20 MARCH 2025]-
-THE [PERIODIC TABLE]-
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-6 ROWS-
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(from ‘top’ to ‘bottom’…)
-ROW 1-
(14 KEYS)
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1
(ESC)
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(2 – 13)
(F1 – F12)
(if you hold down ‘fn’ key at bottom left of keyboard…)
F1 – “less bright screen”
F2 – “more bright screen”
F3 – “mission control”
F4 – “launchpad”
F5 – “less bright keys”
F6 – “more bright keys”
F7 – “rewind”
F8 – “play / pause”
F9 – “fast forward”
F10 – “mute / unmute”
F11 – “decrease volume”
F12 – “increase volume”
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14
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-row 2-
(14 keys)
–
(‘hyphen-minus 1’)
~
(’tilde’)
(hold down shift key)
(numerals 1 -9)
(and numeral 0)
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!
‘exclamation mark’
(shift 1)
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@
‘at sign’
(shift 2)
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#
‘number sign’
(shift 3)
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$
‘dollar sign’
(shift 4)
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%
‘percent sign’
(shift 5)
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^
‘circumflex’
(shift 6)
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&
‘ampersand’
(shift 7)
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*
‘asterisk’
(shift 8)
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(
‘left parenthesis’
(shift 9)
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‘right parenthesis’
(shift 0)
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‘hyphen-minus 2’
_
‘underscore’
(hold down ‘shift’)
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=
‘equals sign’
+
‘plus sign’
(hold down ‘shift’)
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‘delete key’
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*row 3*
(14 keys)
‘tab key’
’10 letter keys’
(of 26)
Q
W
E
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
[
‘left square bracket’
{
‘left brace’ / ‘left curly bracket’
(hold down ‘shift key’)
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]
‘right square bracket’
}
‘right brace’ / ‘right curly bracket’
(hold down ‘shift key’)
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\
(‘backslash’)
|
(‘vertical bar’)
(hold down ‘shift key’)
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*row 4*
(13 keys)
‘CAPS LOCK’
(key will be ‘lit’ when ‘on’)
‘9 LETTER KEYS’
(of 26)
A
S
D
F
G
H
J
K
L
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;
(‘semi-colon’)
:
‘colon’
(hold down ‘shift key’)
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‘
(‘apostrophe’)
“
(‘quotation mark’)
(hold down ‘shift key’)
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‘return key’
‘enter’ (???)
(hold down ‘shift key’)
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*row 5*
(12 keys)
‘SHIFT’ (1)
*7 LETTER KEYS*
(of 26)
‘Z’
‘X’
‘C’
‘V’
‘B’
‘N’
‘M’
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,
(‘comma’)
<
‘left than’ sign
(hold down ‘shift key’)
(also function as ‘left HTML bracket’)
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‘period’
(aka ‘full stop’)
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>
(‘greater than’ sign)
(hold down ‘shift key’)
(also functions as ‘right HTML bracket’)
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/
(‘slash’)
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?
(‘question mark’)
(hold down ‘shift key’)
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‘SHIFT 2’
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-row 6-
(11 keys)
(7 normal keys)
‘FN’ (FUNCTION)
(hold down this key to enable ‘secondary commands’ for the ‘F1’ – ‘F12’ keys on the top row)
(analogous to the ‘shift key’ for the ‘F keys’)
‘CONTROL’ (1)
‘ALT’ / OPTION’ (1)
‘COMMAND’ (1)
(‘looped square’ symbol)
(why is this symbol used?)
‘SPACE BAR’
(with a length of 5 ‘letter keys’)
‘COMMAND’ (2)
‘ALT / OPTION’ (2)
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-4 [ARROW KEYS]-
(which are 1/2 the height of a ‘normal key’)
bottom half of row –> (‘left’ / ‘down’ / ‘right’)
top half of row –> (‘up’)
(over the ‘down’ key)
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*SKETCHES*
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