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Desk Setup

Everything around the keyboard, from mouse and monitor to desk and chair, set up for long working days and small rooms.

  1. An empty office chair pulled up to a desk, a compact keyboard centered in front of it, a mouse just to its right, a monitor with a dark blank screen behind, a window to one side
    Desk Setup

    Ergonomic desk setup checklist: chair, keyboard, screen

    Set up a desk for long days in the order each step depends on: chair, keyboard, mouse, screen and light, with OSHA’s, Cornell’s and HSE’s figures named.

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The keyboard is one part of the desk. This section covers the rest: what the other hand holds, what you look at, what you sit on or stand at, and the docks and cables that tie a laptop into it all. Ergonomics here stays at setup, the heights, distances and light, for home offices and shared ones alike.

Setting up a desk from scratch? The ergonomic desk setup checklist goes in the order each step depends on: chair, keyboard, mouse, screen, then light.

Inside Mice and trackballs, Trackpads, Monitors for work, Monitor arms and stands, Standing desks, Office chairs, Desk ergonomics, Docks and hubs, Webcams and headsets, Cable management, Desk lighting, Small-space and laptop setups

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