Techniques to avoid eye strain while using a computer or laptop

Now a days most of us have to do most of our office or study related work using a computer or a laptop or a tablet. Looking at a computer or a laptop or a tablet for many hours can strain one’s eyes.

Many organisations prefer to use LED monitors instead of CRT & LCD monitors as LED monitors consume less electricity.

LED monitors naturally emit more blue light. Working on a LED monitor for a long time can decrease the quantity of melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone that helps to sleep.

The other monitors aren’t good either. CRT monitors not only consume more electricity but also strains eyes more than LCD & LED monitors if hooked to it for a long time.

If looked to a monitor for a long time it can make one’s eyes dry & thus it may strain someone’s eyes. To prevent it one can wear anti-glare glasses. Keep monitor’s or screen’s brightness medium. Blinking eyes frequently is also good. Sprinkling water or rose water on keep eyes keeps it moist.

If one spends most of his/her time in making documents, sending or replying to e-mails then one may type it first in Word software.

Word has a good facility of making background black. One can do it easily by clicking Page Layout then clicking Page Colour then selecting black colour.

This makes background black & alphabets or letters white. It won’t strain one’s eyes. One may use the same technique to reply to e-mails also by typing it first on Word & then copy pasting it to e-mail account.

After typing is done & one doesn’t want his/her document’s background to be black then click Page Layout again then click Page Colour then select No Colour. The background will become white & alphabets or letters will become black.

Black background not only strains one’s eyes less but also consumes less electricity so if one is using a computer or a laptop or a tablet then it’ll consume less electricity & if it’s running on a battery then it’ll consume less battery.

If one uses Open office word & wants to change word’s background to black then click Formatting then click Page & then click Background. One can then select black colour. One can undo the background to white by following the same steps.