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=== Alphanumeric ===

[[File:Greek Keyboard (Macbook Pro).jpg|thumb|A Greek keyboard lets the user type in both [[Greek language|Greek]] and the [[Latin alphabet]] ([[MacBook Pro]]).]]

[[File:CtrlWindowsAlt.jpg|thumb|The [[Control key|Control]], [[Windows key|Windows]], and [[Alt key|Alt]] keys are important modifier keys.]]

[[File:Space-cadet.jpg|thumb|A [[Space-cadet keyboard]] has many modifier keys.]]

Alphabetical, numeric, and punctuation keys are used in the same fashion as a typewriter keyboard to enter their respective symbol into a word processing program, text editor, data spreadsheet, or other program. Many of these keys will produce different symbols when modifier keys or shift keys are pressed. The alphabetic characters become uppercase when the shift key or Caps Lock key is depressed. The numeric characters become symbols or punctuation marks when the shift key is depressed. The alphabetical, numeric, and punctuation keys can also have other functions when they are pressed at the same time as some modifier keys.