Transcript Proper Keyboarding Technique

Keyboarding
Techniques
Home Row
HOME ROW KEYS
Why?
…Typing while you are in the HOME ROW KEY
position will allow you type quicker with less mistakes.
Accuracy
Builds
SPEED
Techniques
 Correct Posture
 Correct Arm and Hand Position
 Correct Keystroking Technique
 All can be observed and graded!
Posture
 Spine straight leaning
slightly forward
 Centered in front of
keyboard
 Comfortable distance from
keyboard
 Feet flat on floor, slightly
apart
Arm and Hand
Position
 Arms relaxed; elbows
naturally close to body
 Forearms nearly
parallel with slope of
keyboard
Wrists and Fingers
 Fingers curved, tips of
fingers resting lightly on
keys
 Wrists low, but palms of
hands not resting on the
keyboard
 Hands and wrists "quiet,"
almost motionless
Proper Keystroking
Technique
 Use the tips of your
fingers to operate the
assigned keys
 Use a circular, pecking
motion (down and
inward)
If you do this…
 You will type 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.
Open a new Word Document
& Practice This…
asdf jkl;
asdf jkl;
aassddff jjkkll;;
aassddff jjkkll;;
adsa ;lkj
adsa ;lkj
…Try typing without making a mistake!
In the Same Word Document,
Type as Many Different Words as you
can using ONLY the
Home Row Letters!
A S D F J K L
Difficult, isn’t it?
In the Same Word Document,
Type as Many 3-LETTER Words as you
can using
The Home Row Letters AND
The Upper Row Letters!
Q W E R T Y U I O P
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