User`s manual

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Using the Comfort Keyboard System gives you the power to setup
your Keyboard to fit you-- to accommodate your natural hand/wrist
posture and shoulder width. Only by exploring the different possibilities
that this keyboard offers, you can determine the posture that is most
comfortable for you.
To start, we suggest that you think about the keyboard task on
which you spend the most time. You will probably be most
comfortable in that task if your body is kept as symmetrical as
possible ---- that is, the position of the left side of the body
shoulder ”mirror” the position of the right side. You know, for
example, that if you twist your neck all day to hold the phone on
one shoulder, you may experience discomfort in your neck and
shoulder.
In a more subtle but important way, keying for long periods of
time in an unbalanced posture may be uncomfortable, and you
could tire more quickly that if you were sitting symmetrically.
This is not to say that your hands should be positioned
symmetrically. On the contrary, just as your hands differ in
strength and dexterity (because you are either right-handed or
left left-handed), the comfort zones for the two hands are likely
to differ to some degree. Again, that is why TOTAL, three-
dimensional adjustability is so important.
A common pitfall is that most people center their computer
monitor and keyboard on the work surface, but it is more
important that these items or the component of them that you
use most frequently be centered on you! Otherwise, you may
spend the day keying with both arms (and/or your head) angled
to the left or right. It is important to have the specific equipment
you are working with positioned directly in front of you.
We recommend that you explore and modify, and explore and
modify again, until you find the positions that are appropriate for
your tasks and are most comfortable for you. You will learn
more about exploring comfortable postures in the Ergonomics
chapter of the manual.