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Developing Keyboarding Skill

A keyboard is an input device used to type text, numbers, and symbols into a computer. A standard keyboard has 104 keys, including alphanumeric keys for typing letters and numbers, punctuation keys, and special keys like spacebar and enter. Touch typing is a technique for typing without looking at the keyboard by using the home row keys as a guide. It improves speed and accuracy. Advice for learning touch typing includes using the correct fingers for each key, maintaining rhythm, and visualizing the keyboard.

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Developing Keyboarding Skill

A keyboard is an input device used to type text, numbers, and symbols into a computer. A standard keyboard has 104 keys, including alphanumeric keys for typing letters and numbers, punctuation keys, and special keys like spacebar and enter. Touch typing is a technique for typing without looking at the keyboard by using the home row keys as a guide. It improves speed and accuracy. Advice for learning touch typing includes using the correct fingers for each key, maintaining rhythm, and visualizing the keyboard.

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What is Keyboard?

• A keyboard is a popular input


device used for typing text,
letters, numbers and symbols
into the computer.
• A keyboard generally has 104 keys.
• Nowadays, different types of
keyboard are available such
as:
• QWERTY keyboard, Numeric
keyboard, Wired keyboard, Wireless
keyboard, Ergonomic keyboard. Etc.

Purpose of Various Keys of


the Keyboard
• Alphanumeric Keys – refers to all
the letters and numbers on the
keyboard. These keys are used for
typing numbers, symbols and
letters.
• Punctuation Keys – refers to all keys
which have punctuation marks, like
comma, period, semicolon, brackets,
parenthesis and so on. They also refer
to all the mathematical operators, like
plus sign, minus sign, and equal sign.
• Specials Keys – the special keys are
used to perform special tasks. Ex.
Space bar, enter, backspace, so on.
Touch Typing
• Touch typing is a technique of
pressing keys for typing text without
looking at the keyboard.
• This technique is also known as
‘touch type’, ‘touch method’ or
‘touch and type’ method.
• It improves the speed and accuracy of
a typist as well as his work
productivity, and where possible
reduces fatigue and injury to eyes.
• Average typing speed is 41 WPM
• Professional typing speed can exceed 100 WPM.
Touch
Typing
Finger
Guide
• In the home
row key
represent the
base position. This is where you place fingers to start
typing. Try to return your fingers to the base position
after every keystroke.

Touch Typing Finger Guide


Advice for successful typing
• Hit keys with the fingers for which they have been reserved.
• Do not look at the keys when you type. Just
slide your fingers (with minimum force available)
around until they find the Home row.
• Do not hurry at the early stages of learning, take
your time to avoid mistakes. High speed makes
sense only when the fingers can hit the right
keys by force of habit.
• Maintain a rhythm while typing.
Advice for successful typing
• Keep your hands and fingers close to the
base position. This improves typing speed
and reduces stress on the hands.
• To switch between upper and lower case
always use the opposite hand.
• Whenever you are relaxing, try to form a
picture of rows of keys in mind and imagine
typing a-z. this exercise can improve your
speed drastically.

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