Sinclair ZX Spectrum keyboard cheat sheet

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Available edit modes are K, L, E, C and G.

On the PC keyboard:

the left shift key is mapped to Caps Shift,
the right shift key is mapped to Symbol Shift.

Specials:

Editing

Arrows

Symbols

Keywords:

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	I	L
M	N	O	P	R	S	T	U	V

Editing

BREAK	Caps Shift and SPACE
CAPS LOCK	K or L, Caps Shift 2
DELETE	K, L or C, Caps Shift 0 and G on 0
EDIT	K, L or C, Caps Shift 1
GRAPHICS	K, L or C, Caps Shift 9
TRUE VID	K, L or C, Caps Shift 3
INV VID	K, L or C, Caps Shift 4
BRIGHT	E on 9
UNBRIGHT	E on 8

Arrows

Left	K, L or C, Caps Shift 5
Down	K, L or C, Caps Shift 6
Up	K, L or C, Caps Shift 7
Right	K, L or C, Caps Shift 8

Symbols

,	K, L or C, Symbol Shift N
.	K, L or C, Symbol Shift M
:	K, L or C, Symbol Shift Z
;	K, L or C, Symbol Shift O
!	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 1
?	K, L or C, Symbol Shift C
"	K, L or C, Symbol Shift P
'	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 7
#	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 3
$	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 4
£	K, L or C, Symbol Shift X
%	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 5
&	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 6
@	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 2
©	E, Symbol Shift P
+	K, L or C, Symbol Shift K
-	K, L or C, Symbol Shift J
*	K, L or C, Symbol Shift B
/	K, L or C, Symbol Shift V
\|	E, Symbol Shift S
\	E, Symbol Shift D
(	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 8
)	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 9
[	E, Symbol Shift Y
]	E, Symbol Shift U
{	E, Symbol Shift F
}	E, Symbol Shift G
<	K, L or C, Symbol Shift R
>	K, L or C, Symbol Shift T
=	K, L or C, Symbol Shift L
<=	K, L or C, Symbol Shift Q
>=	K, L or C, Symbol Shift E
<>	K, L or C, Symbol Shift W
^	K, L or C, Symbol Shift H
_	K, L or C, Symbol Shift 0
~	E, Symbol Shift A

A^

ABS	E, on G
ACS	E, Symbol Shift W
AND	K, L or C, Symbol Shift Y
ASN	E, Symbol Shift Q
AT	K, L or C, Symbol Shift I
ATN	E, Symbol Shift E
ATTR	E, Symbol Shift L

B^

BEEP	E, Symbol Shift Z
BIN	E, on B
BORDER	K, on B
BRIGHT	E, Symbol Shift B

C^

CAT	E, Symbol Shift 9
CHR$	E, on U
CIRCLE	E, Symbol Shift H
CLEAR	K, on X
CLOSE #	E, Symbol Shift 5
CLS	K, on V
CODE	E, on I
CONTINUE	K, on C
COPY	K, on Z
COS	E, on W

D^

DATA	E, on D
DEF FN	E, Symbol Shift 1
DIM	K, on D
DRAW	K, on W

E^

ERASE	E, Symbol Shift 7
EXP	E, on X

F^

FLASH	E, Symbol Shift V
FN	E, Symbol Shift 2
FOR	K, on F
FORMAT	E, Symbol Shift 0

G^

GO SUB	K, on H
GO TO	K, on G

I^

IF	K, on U
IN	E, Symbol Shift I
INK	E, Symbol Shift X
INKEY$	E, on N
INPUT	K, on I
INT	E, on R
INVERSE	E, Symbol Shift M

L^

LEN	E, on K
LET	K, on L
LINE	E, Symbol Shift 3
LIST	K, on K
LLIST	E, on V
LN	E, on Z
LOAD	K, on J
LPRINT	E, on C

M^

MERGE	E, Symbol Shift T
MOVE	E, Symbol Shift 6

N^

NEW	K, on A
NEXT	K, on N
NOT	K, L or C, Symbol Shift S

O^

OPEN #	E, Symbol Shift 4
OR	K, L or C, Symbol Shift U
OUT	E, Symbol Shift O
OVER	E, Symbol Shift N

P^

PAPER	E, Symbol Shift C
PAUSE	K, on M
PEEK	E, on O
PI	E, on M
PLOT	K, on Q
POINT	E, Symbol Shift 8
POKE	K, on O
PRINT	K, on P

R^

RANDOMIZE	K, on T
READ	E, on A
REM	E, on E
RESTORE	E, on S
RETURN	K, on Y
RND	E, on T
RUN	K, on R

S^

SAVE	K, on S
SCREEN$	E, Symbol Shift K
SGN	E, on F
SIN	E, on Q
SQR	E, on H
STEP	K, L or C, Symbol Shift D
STOP	K, L or C, Symbol Shift A
STR$	E, on Y

T^

TAB	E, on P
TAN	E, on E
THEN	K, L or C, Symbol Shift G
TO	K, L or C, Symbol Shift F

U^

USR	E, on L

V^

VAL	E, on J
VAL$	E, Symbol Shift J
VERIFY	E, Symbol Shift R

Sinclair ZX Spectrum keyboard cheat sheet

Contents

Editing

Arrows

Symbols

A^

B^

C^

D^

E^

F^

G^

I^

L^

M^

N^

O^

P^

R^

S^

T^

U^

V^