ROGELIO A. CASTRONUEVO Ill KEYBOARDING AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING BSOA 1.1 ASSIGNMENT - MODULE 2: Answer the following questions: opers Why is it important to learn to type efficiently? What can occur if the monitor is too close or too far? What tab key does, and how many spaces come after 2 period, between words, or after a comma? Which special Key should you press to move to the next ine? ilustrate /Draw the proper siting position at @ computer. ANSWERS: 1 Nowadays, most people who are working will come into contact with a computer during a standard working day. For some, this is a short time and others it can be all day. Now imagine if that invaluable time currently spent typing on your or your staffs computer was reduced or even halved! Instantly there is more time available for other tasks during the day, so if you have mounds of paperwork on your desk and you find yourself looking at it thinking, this is going to take me all day, then learning to type efficiently could be the answer. The productivity of work depends on how things are done faster. To complete your work faster itis important to develop typing skils. Typing efficiently helps you to work comfortably on the computer, it aids in communicating with colleagues and customers, creating documents, and finding new information When it comes to acceptable screen positioning, which is acceptable will vary slightly from person to person. This depends on their height, amongst other factors. Broadly speaking, any screen position that forces you to tit your chin, or otherwise bend or tit any part of your body, is incorrect. Such positions may not only cause the aforementioned strain, discomfort, and pain but may also have an effect on your productivity. Viewing distance has everything to do with how far away you are from the computer screen. Too far away, and you'l be unable to read the screen properly. Too close, and youll be forced to deal with eye strain, In modem usage like word processing and text editing, the Tab key will move the insertion point to the next tab stop in a table, insert the ASCII tab character, or insert multiple space characters depending on the [program used. There is also a feature called tab completion can be used to complete a parally typed piece of text How many spaces come after a period, between words, or after a comma? The overwhelming majority of contemporary style guides and word processors advise using a single space between typed sentences. When in doubt, use single spacing in research papers, essays, and your creative writing. This is true regardless of whether your sentence ends in a period, a question mark, or some other form of punctuation. Single spaces should also follow commas, as well as periods after abbreviations. For much ofthe twentieth century, typographers used double spacing after each sentence, but single-space formatting has become the standard in twenty frst-century word processing ‘There is a keyboard shortcut that moves to the next line, Itis the ENTER KEY. Move the text cursor to where you want the new line to begin, press the Enter key, hold down the Shift key, and then press Enter again to begin in new line.5, Proper sitting position at a computer. Werecn on, Eye Level om Wo DL - OL