Typing Style | ◆ | Are you training yourself to lighten up when you find you are pounding on the |
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| keys? |
| ◆ If you are not a touch typist, have you been taking typing lessons? | |
| ◆ Are you training your fingers to relax when they become tense? | |
| ◆ | Do you use your whole arm to reach for keys not located near the home row? |
Keyboard and Pointing Device
Monitor
◆Is your keyboard positioned directly in front of you?
◆Are your keyboard height and slope adjusted so that your wrists are straight and your shoulders relaxed?
◆If you are typing with the keyboard on your lap, are your shoulders relaxed and your wrists straight?
◆If you are using a mouse or detached trackball, is it placed to the immediate right or left of your keyboard?
◆If you are using a mouse or trackball, are you holding it loosely, with a relaxed hand?
◆Do you let go of your pointing device when you are not using it?
◆Are you using a light touch when you click the buttons on your pointing device (mouse, trackball, touchpad, or pointing stick)?
◆Are you cleaning your mouse or trackball frequently?
◆Is your monitor positioned in front of you and at a comfortable viewing distance, about arm’s length? Or if you look at a paper document more than your monitor, is your document holder in front of you with your monitor to one side?
◆Are the text and images on your monitor easily visible in a comfortably seated position?
◆Have you eliminated glare and bright reflections on your monitor, without compromising your posture?
◆Is your monitor’s entire viewing area located just below your eye height?
◆Is your monitor tilted so your face and the monitor are parallel?
◆Have you adjusted the brightness and contrast controls to improve the quality of text and graphics?
◆Is your document holder positioned near the monitor, at the same distance, height, and angle as the monitor?
Safety and Comfort |
