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To Good To Good Keyboarding Keyboarding TechniqueTechnique

Keep Keep head head

erect (up) erect (up) and and

turned turned toward toward copycopy

Keep Keep eyes eyes on on copy! copy!

(40 (40 points!)points!)

Keep Keep speakers speakers muted in muted in

respect for respect for your your

classmates!classmates!

(You may (You may bring and bring and use head-use head-phones)phones)

Keep Keep nose nose

centered centered in front in front of the of the “J” key“J” key

Sit up Sit up straight, straight, leaning leaning slightly slightly

forward in forward in chair. Good chair. Good

posture posture helps helps

fingers, fingers, eyes and eyes and brain to brain to

work work together!together!

Sit a hand span Sit a hand span away from the away from the

keyboard so that keyboard so that your elbows can your elbows can rest comfortably rest comfortably

by your sides.by your sides.

Keep your Keep your hand and hand and

wrist wrist aligned to aligned to prevent prevent

repetitive repetitive stress stress

injuries injuries such as such as carpel carpel tunnel tunnel

syndrome.syndrome.

Keep your Keep your fingers curved fingers curved with only the with only the fingertips of fingertips of your hands your hands

resting lightly resting lightly on the home on the home keys. Don’t keys. Don’t let any other let any other part of your part of your

body touch the body touch the keyboard or keyboard or

table!table!

Keep Keep hands hands and and

arms arms relaxedrelaxed

..

Keep your Keep your thumb curved in thumb curved in

and make a and make a down-and-in down-and-in

motion with the motion with the side of your side of your

thumb on the thumb on the space bar. Use space bar. Use the thumb of the thumb of

your dominant your dominant (writing) hand.(writing) hand.

Keep Keep feet feet

apart apart and and

firmly firmly braced braced

for good for good balance.balance.

Maintain Maintain (keep)(keep)

an even an even pace as pace as you say you say

each key’s each key’s letter to letter to yourselfyourself

Make Make quick, quick, direct direct

reaches reaches and and

releases.releases.

Keep your Keep your workstatioworkstation clean and n clean and neat. Do neat. Do not chew not chew

gum, eat or gum, eat or drink in the drink in the

lab.lab.