1. Keyboarding/ Touch Typing Basics

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Qwerty the most common arrangement of keys on the keyboard

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

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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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 ;

11. 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

12. 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

13. Function Keys
Used to perform shortcuts
Do jobs/tasks

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

15. 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