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Typing Style
◆ Are you training yourself to lighten up when you find you are pounding on the
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
◆ 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?
Monitor
◆ 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?