The document provides instructions for learning to type properly on a keyboard. It explains that keyboarding is an important job skill and describes the layout of the QWERTY keyboard. It then gives tips for proper posture and hand placement, identifying the home row keys and touch typing technique of keeping hands on the home row and not looking at the keyboard. Students are guided to find the home row and learn to place left and right hand fingers on the correct home row keys to begin touch typing letters.

1.  Keyboarding is a skill  People who are good
needed in the typist, don’t look at
professional job the keyboard when
world. they type, they look at
 The keyboard we use the monitor.
in the US is called the
QWERTY because of
the first six letters that
are on the top left of
the keyboard.

2. we will learn how to
use keys on a
keyboard to type
letters.

3.  Sit up straight.
 Plant your feet on
the floor.
 Rest your back
against your chair.
 Be relaxed.
 Elbows should be
firmly planted on
your side.

4.  find the home row and space bar on your
keyboard.
Home row
Space bar

5.  The home row is the middle row of letters and it
has two touch keys. Find the touch keys.

6.  The touch keys have
a little groove that
you can feel.

7.  The touch keys
let you know
which hand you
should be typing
your letters with.
 F is the touch key
for the left side.
 J is the touch key
for the right side.

8.  Let’s start with the left hand.
 First place your pinky finger on the A button.
 Then put the next finger on the s button, then
another finger on the d button and the last
finger on the f button.
 Your thumb should be on the space bar.

10.  First place your pinky finger on the button
with the semi-colon on it.

11.  Then put the next finger on the l button. Then
put the middle finger on the k and the last
finger on the letter j.
Your thumb should be on the space bar.