Proper Keyboarding

Technique

LISD Technology Department

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Proper keyboarding
technique includes:
Correct

Posture
Correct Body Position
Correct Arm and Hand and
Feet Position
Correct Keystroking
Technique
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Posture
Spine

straight leaning
slightly forward
Centered in front of
keyboard
Comfortable distance
from keyboard
Feet on floor, slightly
apart
Eyes on the screen or
the copy
I am facing toward
my computer

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Body Position
My

Keyboard is at
the edge of the
table
I am a hand span
away from my
computer.
My body is
centered with the
B and N keys
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Feet on the Floor

My feet are on
the floor.
My feet are
slightly apart.
I feel balanced.

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Curved
Fingers

My fingers are comfortably

curved.
My fingers are upright
and not leaning.
My thumbs are resting on
the space bar.
My hands look like monkey
fingers

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Fingers on HOME ROW

My fingers are resting lightly on the
TIPS of Home Row keys.
My index fingers are resting on F
and J.
With each key stroke my fingers
quickly return to Home Row.
Strive for this

Not this..

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Proper Key stroking Techniqu

Use the tips of your

fingers to operate
the assigned keys
Use a circular,
pecking motion
(down and inward)
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Eyes on Copy
My

copy is in the
right place
( perhaps on a
clip board)
My eyes are on
my copy or my
monitor
I never look down
at my keys
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Wrists and Fingers

Fingers

curved,
tips of fingers
resting lightly on
keys
Wrists low, but
palms of hands
not resting on the
keyboard

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Quiet Wrists and Elbows

My wrists are level and
relaxed.
My wrists are not resting on
the keyboard or table.
My elbows are resting
naturally at my side.
My shoulders are relaxed.
Forearms nearly parallel with
slope of keyboard
Hands and wrists "quiet,"
almost motionless
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Proper Keyboarding Techniques:

1.

Eyes on copy - not on hands, the keyboard, or monitor.

2.

Keys struck with the proper fingers which remain curved

over the home keys.

3.

Wrists parallel to the slant of the keyboard but not resting

on the keyboard.

4.

Chair the proper distance from the keyboard (elbows

hanging loosely at the sides of the body).

5.

Proper sitting position: back straight, feet placed for

balance.

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IF YOU DO THIS . . .
You

will keyboard faster.

You will make fewer mistakes.
You will be able to type longer
without getting as tired.
It will be less likely that you will
have health problems with your
hands and wrists.

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IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT!

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