Will changing to a dvorak keyboard layout have benefits?
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Yes - the Dvorak layout requires less ‘hurdling’ over keys and less total finger travel, so you'll probably learn to type faster with this than on a qwerty.\n\n"Listed as the world’s fastest typist, [Barbara Balckburn] can type 212 WPM on a Dvorak keyboard. She can also type 150 WPM, and maintain that speed for 50 minutes without stopping! (37,500 key strokes)"\n\nLots of information here: http://members.networld.com/dvorak/Typing_the_Dvorak_keyboard_our_experiences.htm
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The Non-sensical QWERTY Key Arrangement\nWhen initially introduced, the typewriters were utilized by typing with only two fingers. The development of 10 finger typing is attributed to a Mrs. L. V. Longley in 1878. This was followed shortly afterwards by the concept of "touch typing" attributed to Frank E. McGurrin, a federal court clerk in Salt Lake City, whereby typists would type without looking at the keys, having memorized their locations.\n\nThese new techniques, and some famous typing competitions, demonstrated the worth of the new machine and led to greater acceptance. However, proficient typists easily caused the typewriter mechanisms to jam. \n\nTo address this, Christopher Sholes (one of the original inventors of the typewriter) had an ingenious idea. He discovered that many English words contained combinations of letters next to each other in the alphabet, for instance ABBey, DEFEct, HIGh, etc., which occurred frequently. With the help of a teacher called Amos Desmore, Sholes determined the combinations that occurred most frequently, split them and placed the component letters far away on the keyboard of his machine. And this is how the QWERTY layout was born. (The layout is referred to as “QWERTY” because of the arrangement of the keys in the upper row).\n\nAs a result of this rearrangement, the keys that were used most frequently were not as easily accessible to the typist. Thus, the QWERTY layout effectively reduced the speed at which human users could type, thereby preventing their jamming the mechanism too often. \n\nThe Dvorak Layout\nThe non-sensical QWERTY layout caused many different layouts to be invented. The most notable one is named Dvorak after its inventor, August Dvorak, an early ergonomics researcher at the University of Washington. In 1936, Dvorak analyzed the English language to determine which letters were most frequently used. He then rearranged the keyboard layout so that these keys were positioned on the home row, that is, the row under the fingers of a typist in the rest position. By grouping the keys so that the most used keys were closest to the typist's fingers, reach was minimized and typing speed was increased. \n\nThe introduction of the Dvorak layout, despite its efficiency, was not successful because the QWERTY layout had become a defacto standard and no typewriter manufacturer wished to introduce a product that would require its users to have to retrain the manner in which they worked. \n\nThe Advent of the Personal Computer\nPerhaps the most attention paid to the keyboard as a human interface was by IBM in 1984, and was in regard to the compatibility of the layout of the Personal Computer that it had just developed with the layout of the Selectric™ typewriter. The Personal Computer had no jamming problems and its keyboard could handle even the fastest typist. Therefore the issue of separating the keys did not pose itself.\n\nMoreover, no attention seems to have been paid by IBM to the fact that the newly developed Personal Computer, was going to be used primarily by people with little or no typing skills and to whom therefore the issue of the "QWERTY legacy" was unimportant. \n\nBecause of this, IBM could have redesigned the layout of the Personal Computer keyboard to a more ergonomic and user friendly layout. Unfortunately, IBM missed this wonderful opportunity and so it is that a keyboard layout designed over a century ago, for a different technological situation, is in use on over 500 million computers today.\n\n[Thanks for asking this question! It's fun to read the history again.  I remember my grandmother had one of those old typewriters with arms for each letter to strike the page. You could really jam those up if you went too fast. Too bad IBM missed the opportunity to change the layout.]
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yeesh, I always wondered why the keys weren't alphabetical... although I don't know if I could relearn now.
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Yamaha Keyboard or Yamaha guitar
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Try using the Alt Gr key, bottom right hand side, beside the space bar, that's only if you have a European keyboard.
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YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR FIRST FOUR FINGERS ON THE A,S,D, AND F KEYS AND YOUR SECOND FOUR FINGERS ON THE J,K,L, AND SEMI-COLON KEYS....WITH YOUR THUMBS ON THE SPACE BAR....NOW IT HELPS TO MEMORIZE THE KEYS...WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE ABOVE KEYS I MENTIONED, YOU CAN ACCESS ALL THE OTHER KEYS WITHOUT TAKING YOUR HANDS OFF THE KEYBOARD...I TOOK A KEYBOARDING CLASS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL....AND I HAVE NEVER FORGOT HOW TO TYPE USING THIS METHOD...IT'S BEEN ABOUT 8 YEARS SINCE I TOOK THE CLASS...YOU WILL GET THE HANG OF IT SOON ENOUGH...GOOD LUCK!
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No it will not change the language of your computer.  It will allow you to read and write with Korean Letters.
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depends on what program you use - you should be able to switch back and forth
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Depends if you're Mac or PC.  I have to remember 2 ways as I use Mac at work (Cmd-p) and PC at home (Ctrl-p).\n\nQuick keys can be a pain sometimes - lol
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Standard computer keyboards have the @ above the 2 and the " above the '.\n\nThat's the way all keyboards are designed. I don't think there's a way to switch them around.\n\nI haven't seen the " above the 2 since the old mechanical typewriters.\n\nThis is the way it is now.  Every keyboard made is this way. I would really recommend getting used to it. It's not going to change.
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I LOVE my Apples!  I've had a few over the years; currently, I have a 14" iBook, & a mini.  Both came with GarageBand installed.  \n\nGarageBand has been fun:  I have a cheap USB midi keyboard, a Griffin iMic, & cheap microphone)  \n\nIf you're good with a keyboard, you'll be able to do quite a bit without anything else.  There are 2 built-in inputs, but both are kind of clunky:  one is a virtual keyboard on the screen that you play with the mouse; and the other maps about 1 octave on your typing keyboard.  You can edit your midi tracks, but the program isn't necessarily optimized for that, & it's rather time-consuming to do any more than shift pitch or timing of notes.\n\nThe biggest downside for you will probably be the variety of voices.  There are expansion packs available, but they're $100 each (I bought one so far.)
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There's http://www.tenkeytest.com/ that you can pratice using the right side of your keyboard.
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Go onto your control panel and into 'regional and language options' ensure that the standard is set to your correct country (american keyboards have the @ where our " is... and if you notice... have NO POUND SIGN!)\n\nthat should set your keyboard back to normal.
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I'm not sure where this question is going.  Is it about conducting a study about aspects of a secretary or administrative assistant?\n\nHow about designing a more ergonomic keyboard.  The original keyboards were designed to SLOW down the typing speed.  This was because the early mechanical keyboards could not keep up with the skill of the users.\n\nNow that almost all keyboards are electronic, there should be a better arrangement.  For example, move the 'e', 'r' and 't' to the home row.  Move the 'j', 'k' and 'l' keys upper row.
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See what they go for on E-Bay.......you might  want to try a old Hammond  (the ones with tone generators). Look in the papers Ive got keyboards for free, If you can haul it away they usually say, you can have  it.
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I think the FN keys are used with other key combinations already built in to change brightnss or settings. In that case there's usually little subimages on some of the keyboard keys  which mean they can be used in combination. Search for the exact model on google and search drivers.
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yes, yes it does, \n\nyou can change the settings, by going to:&#92;\ncontrol panel - system - advanced (tab) - where it says preformance click on settings - advanced tab again ...