Keyboarding/ Touch Typing Basics

Ergonomics The study/science of a safe work environment How things should be placed to make them more efficient Design equipment to make a work station more comfortable http://video.about.com/ergonomics/Ergonomics-at-Work.htm

Proper Posture and Technique Sit up straight Feet flat on the floor Body centered in front of the computer Elbows naturally by side Fingers curved Wrists low, but not touching the keyboard Quick, snappy strokes

Proper Posture and Technique--continued Quick down and in motion of the thumb Right pinky used for the enter key; other fingers remain on the home row Use the appropriate pinky for each shift key Keep your eyes on the copy (what you are typing from, not the keyboard and your fingers) Do not worry about correcting errors when working on building speed

Qwerty the most common arrangement of keys on the keyboard

Keyboard layout The keyboard is made up of 4 sections: Alphanumeric Keys Numeric Keypad Function Keys Directional Keys

Label the Parts of a Keyboard Function Keys Numeric Keypad Directional Keys Alpha numeric Keys

Alphanumeric Located in the center of the keyboard Made up of letters, numbers and symbols Homerow is made up of: asdf (left hand) Jkl; (right hand)

Home Row Keys - Left Hand A S D F The left pinky is A The left ring finger is S The left middle finger is D The left index finger is F

Home Row Keys - Right Hand J K L ; The right index finger is J The right middle finger is K The right ring finger is L The right pinky is ;

Numeric Keypad Located on the right side of the keyboard Used for calculations and typing many #s Must have Numlock key on to operate the keys Homerow is made up of 456

Numeric Keypad Home Row Keys: 4 5 6 Right index finger controls 4 + Enter - * Num Lock 7 Home 8 9 PgUp 6 5 4 1 End 2 3 PgDn . Del Ins / Right index finger controls 4 Right middle finger controls 5 Right ring finger controls 6 Home Row Keys: 4 5 6

Function Keys Used to perform shortcuts Do jobs/tasks

Directional Keys Let you move throughout the page Up, Down, Left or Right

Figuring Gross Words a Minute GWAM Every 5 strokes (punctuation marks, numbers, symbols, and spaces) equals 1 word. Take the total number of letters keyed in a specific timed period and divide by 5 Example: How many GWAM can you type if you keyed a total of 105 characters in 1 minute? 105/5=21 GWAM