Standing desks are growing increasingly popular, but an improper desk can promote bad posture. Your standing desk should be elbow-level or just slightly lower. Your monitor should be eye-level to keep you from hunching over, and should be around two feet from your eyes. [2] X Research source
Keep your wrists straight as you type. Twisting your wrists can cause discomfort and unnecessary stress.
Slightly arch your fingers and place your fingers on the keys next to F and J. Your left pinky rests on A, your left ring finger on S, and your left middle finger on D Your right pinky rests on ;, your right ring finger on L, and your right middle finger on K. Your thumbs rest on the spacebar.
If you are keeping your wrists elevated, you will be able to easily strike the keys that are slightly outside of your reach.
Symbols are located above each of the number keys that run along the top of the keyboard. You will need to have the ⇧ Shift key pressed in order to type them.
See this guide for more tips on learning how to type.
You can also press ← Backspace to go back on a webpage.
Some laptop keyboards do not have a separate numeric pad. They often need to be activated using the Fn key, which changes keyboard functions.
Alt+Tab ↹: Switch between windows ⊞ Win+D: Minimize or restore all windows Alt+F4: Close active program or window Ctrl+C: Copy selected item or text Ctrl+X: Cut selected item or text Ctrl+V: Paste copied item or text ⊞ Win+E: Display Windows Explorer ⊞ Win+F: Open the Search tool ⊞ Win+R: Display Run dialog box ⊞ Win+Pause: Display System Properties dialog box ⊞ Win+L: Lock the workstation ⊞ Win: Open the Start menu/Start screen ⊞ Win+L: Switch Users ⊞ Win+P: Change active display Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Escape: Task Manager
Ctrl+A: Select all text Ctrl+B: Bold selected text Ctrl+I: Italicize selected text Ctrl+S: Save document Ctrl+P: Print Ctrl+E: Center alignment Ctrl+Z: Undo Ctrl+N: Create new document Ctrl+F: Find text in document
⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+A: Open the Applications folder ⌘ Cmd+C: Copy selected item/text to the Clipboard ⌘ Cmd+X: Cut ⌘ Cmd+V: Paste ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+C: Open the Computer window ⌘ Cmd+D: Duplicate selected item ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+D: Open desktop folder ⌘ Cmd+E: Eject ⌘ Cmd+F: Find any matching Spotlight attribute ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+F: Find Spotlight file name matches ⌥ Option+⌘ Cmd+F: Navigate to the search field in an already open Spotlight window ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+G: Go to Folder ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+H: Open the Home folder of the currently logged-in user account ⌥ Option+⌘ Cmd+M: Minimize all windows ⌘ Cmd+N: New Finder window ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+N: New folder ⌥ Option+⌘ Cmd+Esc Open the Force Quit window
⌘ Cmd+A: Select all text ⌘ Cmd+B: Bold selected text ⌘ Cmd+I: Italicize selected text ⌘ Cmd+S: Save document ⌘ Cmd+P: Print ⌘ Cmd+E: Center alignment ⌘ Cmd+Z: Undo ⌘ Cmd+N: Create new document ⌘ Cmd+F: Find text in document
