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- What is TouchTyping? TouchTyping is a method of typing where by
- your fingers rest on a set of keys called the
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- HOME ROW
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- Each finger is responsible for striking certain keys only, i.e.
- The little finger on the left hand strikes ONLY the !, 1, Q, A,
- Z, Tab and left shift. It NEVER strikes any other key. The
- fingers are assigned home row keys as follows:
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- LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND
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- 1. little finger = A little finger = ;
- 2. ring finger = S ring finger = L
- 3. middle finger = D middle finger = K
- 4. index finger = F index finger = J
- right thumb = space bar
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- The program will load any ASCII file with an .LSN extension for
- practice. Included in the archive are several files to practice
- on. You should first practice with LESSON1 then progress on to
- LESSON2, etc. These lessons are designed to get your fingers
- use to the keys they are responsible for.
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- When you finish with these instructions you will be presented
- with a list of files that may be used for practice. Simply move
- the highlighted bar with the up/down arrow keys to the file you
- want to use for practice. Then press ENTER.
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- A couple of things happen after you press ENTER. First the file
- you chose is read into memory. Next, a picture of the keyboard,
- a timer, and a row of text are placed on screen. The function of
- the timer is easy to figure out. The keyboard is pretty straight
- forward too. Examine the keyboard and notice that around the
- HOME ROW letters are double boxes. This is to help you place
- your fingers properly. REMEMBER - Your fingers should always be
- in these double boxes. When you have to move one to strike a key
- it should quickly return to its home position. The keyboard is
- proportionally drawn so that it should be a close match to your
- keyboard.
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- Now look at the row of text near the top of the screen. Notice
- that either a letter is in high intensity or you see a cursor
- before or between letters. This indicated which letter you are
- supposed to strike next. As a further aid, the location of the
- letter is flashing on the keyboard below. This allows you to
- easily locate the letter on the keyboard. Notice also that one
- of the HOME ROW boxes has thick vertical bars on each side of the
- letter. This is to show you which finger you are supposed to use
- to strike the flashing letter.
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- The idea is to strike the flashing letter with the finger that is
- inside the indicated box then quickly move the finger back into
- its proper box. Repeated practice will TEACH your fingers which
- keys they are supposed to strike, where their letters are, and
- where their HOME ROW position is. It is very important that your
- fingers move back to their home row position after striking each
- letter. The HOME ROW positions are the reference points that
- your fingers will use when learning where the keys are located.
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- Hitting the ESC key will give you a menu on the bottom of the
- screen This menu gives you the options of Quitting, Loading
- another practice file, or getting a report card. When looking at
- your Report Card in the beginning DO NOT BE CONCERNED WITH SPEED
- rather, be concerned with ACCURACY! Speed will come with
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- G O O D L U C K !
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