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| Keyboarding Technique Rule 1 | Rule 1: Keep your eyes on your copy (handout, book, or screen) |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 2 | Rule 2: Place your feet flat on the floor for body balance |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 3 | Rule 3: Sit up straight with your back against the chair |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 4 | Rule 4: Keep your wrist low and off the frame of the keyboard |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 5 | Rule 5: Strike each key with the proper finger |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 6 | Rule 6: Body centered in front on the computer and keyboard |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 7 | Rule 7: Elbows are naturally by your side, not too close |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 8 | Rule 8: Keep your fingers curved and upright over the home row keys |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 9 | Rule 9: Keyboard caddy aligned with front edge of table |
| Keyboarding Technique Rule 10 | Rule 10: Keep the keyboard caddy down |
| Poster | Refers to the way a typist sits and the way the typist's arms, wrists, fingers, legs, and feet are placed while at the computer |
| Technique | Refers to the form and keying style that a typist uses when operating the keybard; where the typist positions his/her fingers on the keyboard and the way the typist's workstation is arranged |
| Proper Posture Rules A | Rule A: Sit up straight |
| Proper Posture Rules B | Rule B: Feet flat on the floor |
| Proper Posture Rules C | Rule C: Body centered in front of the computer |
| Proper Posture Rules D | Rule D: Elbows naturally by your side |
| Proper Posture Rules E | Rule E: Fingers curved on the keys |
| Proper Posture Rules F | Rule F: Wrists low but not touching the keyboard |
| Proper Technique Rules A | Rule A: Make quick, snappy strokes on the keys |
| Proper Technique Rules B | Rule B: Right pinky used for the Enter key; other fingers remain on the home row |
| Proper Technique Rules C | Rule C: Use appropriate pinky for each Shift key |
| Proper Technique Rules D | Rule D: Keep your eyes on the copy (what you are typing from), not the keyboard or your fingers |
| Poor Posture and Technique | Can cause fatique, stiffening and aching of the muscles in the shoulders, back, and neck, and/or numbness or pain in the wrists, elbows, or fingers which are common signs of repetitive stress injuries such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Trigger Finger |
