Full-size keyboards

A full-size keyboard has every key an office keyboard has: the function row, the navigation block, the arrow keys and a numpad, usually 104 keys in ANSI and 105 in UK ISO. It's the layout most people learned on, so there's nothing to relearn.

Pick one if you enter numbers often, in spreadsheets, accounts or data entry, or if your software leans on the numpad. There's usually room for media keys or a volume roller above the numpad too.

The trade-off is width. A full-size board pushes your mouse further out to the right, which some people feel in the shoulder after a long day. If you want the numpad but less width, look at 96% boards, which keep the same keys packed more tightly. When you buy keycaps later, check the set includes the numpad keys, since some base kits leave them out.

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