Basic Keyboarding

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Chapter 2

• Basic Keyboarding

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The Keyboard

• The keyboard can be divided into 5 parts
• standard keyboard,
• cursor control keys,
• numeric keypad,
• function key row
• status indicators

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The Standard Keyboard
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Keyboarding

• Good typing skills are fundamental to productive
  word processing. Once you have mastered those
  skills, typing and data entry will be faster and
  more accurate. It may take months but it is
  worth the time.

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POSTURE AND POSITION AT COMPUTER

• When typing, you should do the following
• Back straight, elbows relaxed
• Keep your eyes fixed on copy
• Shoulders down
• Palms hanging over keyboard
• Relaxed posture

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Fingering Positions on the Keyboard
Left-hand fingers rest on
Right-hand fingers rest on
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The Home Keys
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How to Strike the Keys

• Strike keys exactly in their center.
• Use a fast, sharp, but light striking movement.
• Before striking, raise the finger slightly this
  can be followed to some extent by the neighboring
  fingers.

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How to Strike the Space Bar

• Use the right-hand thumb

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Good habits and techniques are the foundation for
high speed. Type slowly but steadily, and
concentrate on correct key-striking.