2. KEYBOARDING The Penmanship of the Computer Age IS…..

3. KEYBOARDING Simply means the way that you as a computer operator enter information into the computer. Correct Keyboarding is a skill that you acquire to allow you to enter data in a more efficient way. But….. WHO decided which was the most efficient way

4. Let’s BACK up in time to 1872 ENTER – Mr. Christopher Latham Sholes, one of the three inventors of the typewriter The first machine’s keys jammed easily, and jams were hard to clear, so Sholes arranged the keys to avoid sequences that caused jams. He purposely arranged keys so that the old fashioned “manual”typewriters would not have the commonly used keys together.

5. Let’s BACK up in time to 1872 This allowed keys to spring back before they were needed again. His motive was to prevent jams rather than promote fast keystrokes.

6. It was called the "Sholes & Glidden Type Writer," and it was produced by the gunmakers E. Remington & Sons in Ilion, NY from 1874-1878 The original Type Writer was heavily decorated with colorful decals and gold paint. A foot treadle was provided for the carriage return. If you think it all looks a lot like an old sewing machine, you're right.

7. His HOME ROW keys – (in the middle) can be used to make 120 words Despite other attempts to rearrange the keyboard, the QWERTY arrangement has lasted over 100 years.

8. Moving FORWARD from 1872 to 1920’s through 1930 ENTER – Mr. August Dvorak On this simplified keyboard, fingers need only travel 1 mile to do a typical day's typing; on QWERTY, fingers travel 16 to 20 miles to do the same work! He was an efficiency expert. His keys are in an order that eliminated most of the movement between rows by placing the most commonly used keys in the middle HOME ROW

10. SO, why learn to keyboard? “ What is the use of having a machine capable of working at lightening speed if the info it needs TRICKLES in like molasses in January.” (from, “Most Crucial Computing Skill” Erik Sandberg 1984

11. Sometimes KEYBOARDING is called TYPING. TYPING was the term used when you worked on a TYPEWRITER. When you TYPE on a TYPEWRITER what you type appears on the paper INSTANTLY.