Proper Keyboarding Technique

1. Proper Keyboarding Technique Andrea

2. Names • The one on top is called the top row. • The one in the middle is called the home row. • The one on the bottom is called the bottom row. • Plus there is also the number row.

3. Positioning Fingers • You put your fingers on the Home row. They always come back to the home row. • Each time your fingers come back to the key it was on.

4. Position • Sit up straight in your chair. • Keep your feet flat on the floor. • Keep your fingers on the keys. • Keep your eyes on the screen.

5. Row Top row Home row Bottom Row

6. Where to put fingers Thumbs on space bar d k S F L J ; A

7. Keys • Backspace: You use backspace to erase some letters you don’t want. • Enter: To either go to a next page or to start a another paragraph. • Shift: To capitalize or to use another symbol. • Cap lock: also to capitalize letters.

8. How to put your Hands • Your hands should be on the keyboard at all times. • They shouldn’t be sideways. • Keep them off the tables.

9. Where to look • You always want to face the screen. • You will soon learn how to type without looking.