This document provides information on basic keyboarding skills. It covers topics like proper typing posture, positioning of hands and fingers on the keyboard. It emphasizes maintaining accuracy and speed. Exercises are included to practice typing without looking at the keyboard using only home row fingers to build muscle memory. References for further practice are also listed.

1. BASIC
KEYBOARDING
SKILLS
UNIT2
PresentedbyJenniferFirat

2. OBJECTIVE
At the end of the unit, the Students should be
able to:
• Attain and maintain accuracy and
speed.
• Proper positioning of hands and
fingers on the keyboard.

3. COVERED
TOPIC TOPICS
Unit 2.1 - Typing Ergonomics
Unit 2.2 - Positioning of fingers
on the keyboard

4. LET'S TEST YOUR KEYBOARDING SKILL
WARM UP
Visit
https://www.typing.com/student/lesson/359/j-f-and-space
and start typing using different fingers except the index
fingers on left and right hand and the thumbs.

5. SHARE YOUR
EXPERIENCE
HOW WAS THE EXERCISE?

6. Typing Ergonomics
Unit 2.1

7. ERGONOMICS?
• A logistic support for efficient and
effective typewriting.
• Important to attain and maintain accuracy and
speed.
• Ergonomics means the study of people’s
efficiency in their working environment.
• Ergonomics helps harmonize things that
interact with people in terms of people’s
needs,abilities and limitations.
• Efficient means achieving more with a minimum
waster effort or expenses.
• Effective means successful in producing a
desired or intended result.

8. SITTING POSTURE
MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
PLACEMENT
POSITION OF HANDS CHAIR AND TABLE
PLACEMENT
FACTORS IN TYPING ERGONOMICS
MONITOR PLACEMENT PLACEMENT of matter to be typed

9. SITTING POSTURE
• Sit straight, slightly
bending your neck forward
while operating the computer
keyboard.
• Check your comfort and
sitting position of body.
• Touch the lower portion of
your back to the lower
portion of the back rest of
the chair
• Touch both the feet to the
floor.

10. POSITION OF HANDS
• Put your forearms at level
with the keyboard and palms
down as shown on the photo.
• Keep your wrists straight and
hang your elbows naturally.
• Don't touch the elbows to the
body nor be too far away from
the body
• Bend at about a 90 degree
angle.

11. • Do not bend your neck while
working on the monitor.
• Keep the upper border of screen
at eye level.
• Distance of screen from the user
depends on the size of monitor.
• For 17 inches screen, keep the
distance about 60 – 65 cms.
MONITOR
PLACEMENT

12. MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
PLACEMENT
• Keep the keyboard and mouse
together at an approximate
distance of 20 cms.
• Same height of keyboard,
mouse and elbows helps the
users to work comfortably.

13. CHAIR AND TABLE
PLACEMENT
• Adjust computer chair and
table at an optimal height.
• The chair must be supportive
to the lower back of the
user.
• Keyboard and vibrating
devices,such as printers
should be on a separate
table.
• Table must have a sufficient
space for your legs.

14. PLACEMENT OF MATTER TO BE TYPED
• Place the things to be
typed on the left or right
side of the keyboard.
• Put on a Copy holder which
has a sloping surface.

15. CORRECT SITTING AND
STANDING POSITION CORRECT SCREEN ANGLE
VIEW

16. WRONG SITTING POSTUREWRONG WAY OF SITTING

17. Positioning of
Fingers on the
Keyboard

19. HOME
KEYS

20. GuideKeys
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22. Allocation of Keys to
Fingers

23. HOME ROW
APPROACHAlso called Horizontal
Approach, all the eight
fingers of both the hands
rest on Home Keys (A, S,
D, F, J, K, L, and ;.
The thumb of the right
hand is used to
operate the Space Bar.

24. QUIZ #1
• It is the study of people’s
efficiency in their working
environment.
a. Economics
b. Ergonomics
c. Economy
d. Typing
2. Check your ______ and _____ of
the body when typing.
a. comfort, sitting position
b. eyes,arms
c. eye level, lower portion
d. back,lower back
3. Which is NOT the right position
of hands?
a.Keep your wrists straight and hang
your elbows naturally.
b.Put your forearms at level with
the
keyboard and palms down.
c.Bend at about a 45 degree angle.
d.Don’t touch the elbows to the body
nor be too far away from the body.
4. Bend your neck while working on
the monitor.
a. True
b. False

25. QUIZ #1
5. What is the approximate distance
for 17 inches screen?
a. 30 – 35 cms
b. 60 – 65 cms
c. 10 – 25 cms
d. 40 – 55 cms
6. Keep the keyboard and mouse
separated at an approximate distance of
20 cms.
7. Same height of keyboard, mouse and
elbows helps the users to work
comfortably.
8. Vibrating devices such as printers
should be place on a separate table?
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

26. QUIZ #1
9. Copy holder must have a _______ surface for placing typing matter.
a. flat
b. horizontal
c. sloping
d. straight
10. Don’t touch the elbows to the body nor be too far away from the body.
a. True
b. False

27. Quiz #2

28. Type the following in double line spacing to get perfection over the Home
Row. Students must type as many rows as they can in 3 minutes. No using
of Copy and Paste commands. Alternative exercise is to put a blindfold to
each student while typing the letters. (Blind Typing method)
PRACTICE 01
Instructions:
∞ Do not look at the keyboard.
∞ Each letter should come beneath the other.
∞ Concentrate your mind on the text
∞ Typing should be done quite accurately with constant rhythm
∞ Repeat this process until mastery over this exercise.

29. Type the following in double line spacing to get perfection over the Home
Row. Students must type as many rows as they can in 3 minutes.
No using of Copy and Paste commands. Alternative exercise is to put a
blindfold to each student while typing the letters. (Blind Typing method)
Instructions:
∞ Do not look at the keyboard.
∞ Each letter should come beneath the other.
∞ Concentrate your mind on the text
∞ Typing should be done quite accurately with constant rhythm
∞ Repeat this process until mastery over this exercise.
PRACTICE 02

30. ∞ Definition of Ergonomics, https://www.iea.cc/whats/
∞ Unit 2 Data Entry & Keyboarding Skills pp. 22 –
25, http://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/ieeo102.pdf
∞ Typing test exercise, https://www.typing.com/student/tests
∞ Peter’s Online Typing Course, http://www.typing-
lessons.org/practice_typing/english_typing/
∞ Typing test exercises for Home
Row, https://www.typing.com/student/lesson/319/easy-home-row-
words
REFERENCES