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- PC-FasType - Quick HELP Facility - HOW TO TYPE
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- **** PREPARING TO TYPE ****
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- Having the right environment and correct posture is as important to
- learning how to type as typing itself is.
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- You should observe proper posture while sitting at your PC. Find a
- position comfortable for you and will help reduce fatigue. This will
- insure proper keyboarding and will help increase your accuracy.
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- In general, the following rules should be followed in finding a
- comfortable typing position:
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- o Sit upright in your seat with your back erect and you body leaning
- slightly forward. Be sure your feet are flat on the floor with one
- foot positioned slightly ahead of the other to provide good balance.
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- PREPARING TO TYPE (cont.)
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- o Hold your elbows to your side in a relaxed position and raise your
- wrists so your hands "drape" down toward the keyboard. It is
- important you DO NOT rest the palms of your hands on the edge of the
- desktop or on the edge of the keyboard. The palms must be raised so
- the back of your hands are slightly above the knuckles of your
- fingers.
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- o Rest the fingertips of both hands on the HOME keys and the thumb of
- your RIGHT hand just lightly touching the spacebar.
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- o Your PC screen should be directly in front of you, clearly visible
- without having to lean forward or down. If necessary place something
- between the monitor and the computer to gain some elevation for the
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- o The pages of material or text to be typed should be propped up to the
- left or the right. One of the many kinds of copy holders sold in
- computer stores is a big help.
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- TYPING STYLE:
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- Once you begin to develop a typing "style" you can modify your
- posture slightly to be more comfortable. When you begin to type, your
- fingers should strike the keys with as little movement of your hands as
- possible. Your fingers should reach up and down from their HOME position
- and return to their HOME position after each stroke. If you keep your
- fingers slightly curved and the fingernail portion of your fingers
- perpendicular to the keys (straight up-and-down) you will be able to reach
- all of the keys on the main typing area of the keyboard with little
- effort. Try to keep your hands stationary and let your fingers do all the
- work. If you can keep the typing motions mainly in your fingers you will
- gradually build up speed and accuracy.
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- **** HOW TO STRIKE THE KEYS ****
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- Strike each key firmly and quickly with the appropriate finger,
- return it to its HOME position. Keep the other fingers close to the HOME
- keys. Strike the space bar sharply with the side of the right thumb. The
- left thumb is NEVER used during typing.
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- The following HELP pages will briefly describe how to type the
- letters, numbers and capitals in PC-FasType.
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- **** TYPING LOWER CASE LETTERS ****
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- asdf jkl; -- Place left-hand fingertips on the asdf keys and the right
- hand fingertips on the jkl; keys. Close all fingers slightly
- and rest them lightly on the keys. Slant the hands upward
- parallel to each other at the wrists and keep them low, just
- clearing the keyboard. For the space bar, curve the right thumb
- and hold it slightly above the bar and pointing to the letter
- 'b'.
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- e,i -- Reach up to these keys with the middle finger of each hand,
- strike sharply and return to the HOME position. Keep wrists
- parallel and elbows to your sides.
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- e - D-finger (middle-left hand) up to the E-key.
- i - K-finger (middle-right hand) up to the I-key.
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- r,u -- Reach up with the index fingers, strike the key sharply and
- return to the HOME position. Keep the other fingers on the HOME
- keys.
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- r - F-finger (index-left hand) up to the R-key.
- u - J-finger (index-right hand) up to the U-key.
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- g,h -- These are easy. Reach over with the index finger keeping the
- wrists parallel and raised slightly above the keyboard. Keep the
- other fingers on their HOME positions.
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- g - F-finger (index-left hand) over to the G-key.
- h - J-finger (index-right hand) over to the H-key.
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- t,y -- These keys are kind of easy also. Reach up with the index fingers
- press sharply and return to the HOME position.
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- t - F-finger (index-left hand) up to the T-key.
- y - J-finger (index-right hand) up to the Y-key.
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- qwop -- These keys are a little more difficult. Reach up with the ring or
- pinky fingers, strike the key sharply and return to the home
- position. For w and o try to keep the pinky on or very close to
- its HOME position.
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- q - A-finger (pinky-left hand) up to the Q-key.
- w - S-finger (ring-left hand) up to the W-key.
- o - L-finger (ring-right hand) up to the O-key.
- p - ;-finger (pinky-right hand) up to the P-key.
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- c,v,n -- Reach down and strike the keys sharply then quickly return to the
- HOME position. Keep the other fingers on or close to the HOME
- position; wrists parallel slightly raised above the keyboard;
- elbows down to your sides and back straight.
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- c - D-finger (middle-left hand) down to the C-key.
- v - F-finger (index-left hand) down to the V-key.
- n - J-finger (index-right hand) down to the N-key.
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- zxbm -- These keys are hard (that's why they're last). For z and x keep
- the F and D-fingers on their HOME positions. When you reach for
- the b-key keep the asdf-fingers on their HOME positions.
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- z - A-finger (pinky-left hand) down to the Z-key.
- x - S-finger (ring-left hand) down to the X-key.
- b - F-finger (index-left hand) down towards the right
- to the B-key.
- m - J-finger (index-right hand) down towards the right
- to the M-key.
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- THE ENTER KEY:
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- With the standard 101-Key Enhanced Keyboard this key is easy to type;
- simply reach over with your right pinky finger and press it. On the AT
- Style keyboard, the ENTER key is shaped like a large backwards L and is
- also easy to reach. On the old-style PC keyboard the ENTER key is
- difficult to reach because of its unique placement; you have to stretch
- over quite a bit to reach it with your pinky finger.
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- **** HOW TO TYPE THE NUMBERS ****
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- 4567 -- These are the first numbers you should learn how to type. Reach
- up to the top row of keys with the index finger of each hand.
- Press the key quickly and return to the HOME position. Bend the
- other fingers to compensate for the extended reach and keep them
- on or very close to their HOME positions. Keep the wrists
- parallel.
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- 4 - F-finger (index-left hand) up and towards the left to the 4-key.
- 5 - F-finger (index-left hand) up to the 5-key.
- 6 - J-finger (index-right hand) up and towards the left to the 6-key.
- 7 - J-finger (index-right hand) up to the 7-key.
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- 3,8 -- These are the next number keys you should learn. Reach up with
- the middle finger of each hand to the top row of keys. Remember
- to keep your elbows to your side, back straight, and wrists
- parallel. Keep the index finger of each hand on their HOME
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- 3 - D-finger (middle-left hand) up and towards the left to the 3-key.
- 8 - K-finger (middle-right hand) up to the 8-key.
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- 2,9 -- These keys may be a little difficult because of the tendency to
- move the pinky along with the ring finger. Try to keep the index
- fingers on their respective HOME positions - f and j.
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- 2 - S-finger (ring-left hand) up and towards the left to the 2-key.
- 9 - L-finger (ring-right hand) up to the 9-key.
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- 1,0 -- These are the last number keys to learn. Reach up with the pinky
- finger to the number row key, press the key sharply then return
- to the HOME position. Keep the other fingers on their HOME
- positions. Distinguish between the zero key and the dash key on
- the number row.
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- 1 - A-finger (pinky-left hand) up to the 1-key.
- 0 - ;-finger (pinky-right hand) up to the 0-key.
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- **** HOW TO TYPE CAPITAL LETTERS ****
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- Using the SHIFT (up-arrow) keys:
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- The shift keys on all PC keyboards are located on either side of the
- row of keys above the space bar. Notice where they are. The shift keys
- are pressed down and held with either pinky finger while the letter to be
- capitalized is typed with a finger of the opposite hand.
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- The right hand shift key is used to capitalize any letter struck with
- the left hand, and the left hand shift key is used to capitalize any
- letter struck with the right hand.
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- Typing capitalized letters will seem to be slow at first, but when
- you have gained enough skill with your typing, you will find the time
- required to type a capital letter will gradually decrease and the
- operation will be performed without conscious effort on your part. As a
- beginner, your primary aim is to develop a smooth, even operation and to
- avoid any break in your typing rhythm.
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- To capitalize a letter struck with the right hand -
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- 1. Reach over with the pinky (a-finger) of your left hand
- and depress the left-hand shift key.
- 2. While holding down the shift key, press the letter to be
- capitalized with the right hand finger.
- 3. Release the shift and return the a-finger to its HOME position.
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- To capitalize a letter struck with the left hand, follow the same
- procedure outlined above, using the semi-colon (;) finger on the right
- hand to press the right shift key.
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