Table Of Contents - HP MP4 User Manual

Table of contents

1 Promoting a safe and comfortable work environment
Important choices ................................................................................................................................. 1
Take action for safety & comfort .......................................................................................... 2
Students and teachers ......................................................................................................... 2
Key principles ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Adjust ................................................................................................................................... 3
Move .................................................................................................................................... 3
Relax .................................................................................................................................... 3
Listen ................................................................................................................................... 4
Remember ........................................................................................................................... 4
2 Finding your comfort zone
A range of positions .............................................................................................................................. 5
Vary your posture ................................................................................................................ 5
Move .................................................................................................................................... 6
Different tasks, different postures ........................................................................................ 6
Organizing your adjustments ............................................................................................... 7
Feet, knees, and legs ........................................................................................................................... 8
Providing enough leg room .................................................................................................. 9
Back ................................................................................................................................................... 10
Getting comfortable ........................................................................................................... 11
Shoulders and elbows ........................................................................................................................ 12
Forearms, wrists, and hands .............................................................................................................. 13
Do not anchor your wrists .................................................................................................. 14
Eyes ................................................................................................................................................... 15
3 Arranging your work area
Monitor ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Positioning the monitor ...................................................................................................... 17
Adjusting the monitor height .............................................................................................. 17
Tilting the monitor .............................................................................................................. 17
Adjusting monitor height for bifocal, trifocal, and progressive addition lens users ............ 17
Eliminating glare and reflections on your monitor .............................................................. 18
Keyboard and pointing device ............................................................................................................ 19
Positioning the keyboard ................................................................................................... 19
Adjusting the keyboard height and slope ........................................................................... 19
Aligning the mouse and keyboard ..................................................................................... 19
Using a keyboard tray comfortably .................................................................................... 20
Arm supports and palm rest ............................................................................................................... 21
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