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** Frame 1 **
THE HOME KEYS
Put your fingers on these eight keys. Your fingers remain permanently
on these keys. Whenever you strike another key, your fingers
MUST RETURN to these keys.
a s d f j k l ;
Fingers: Fourth Third Second First First Second Third Fourth
Third Row ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) \ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Second Row (a) (s) (d) (f) ( ) \ ( ) (j) (k) (l) (;)
First Row (Shift) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) \ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (Shift)
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 2 **
Finger Stretching Exercises
Place your fingers on the home row keys:
a s d f j k l :
Notice that all upward reaches from this home row are slightly left;
all downward reaches are slightly right.
Fingers: Fourth Third Second First First Second Third Fourth
Third Row ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) \ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Second Row (a) (s) (d) (f) ( ) \ ( ) (j) (k) (l) (;)
First Row (Shift) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) \ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (Shift)
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 3 **
Your first fingers, being stronger than the others,
also make one reach to the center of the keyboard on each row.
Take a moment to run each of your fingers up and down their
pathways and see how simple it is.
Fingers: Fourth Third Second First First Second Third Fourth
Third Row ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) \ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Second Row (a) (s) (d) (f) ( ) \ ( ) (j) (k) (l) (;)
First Row (Shift) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) \ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (Shift)
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 4 **
First-finger Reaches - Left Hand
Put your fingers on the home row keys.
a s d f j k l ;
Look at the chart below and think of your 'f' finger as being in the
center of a car wheel. Touch 'f', move up to 'r' and back to 'f'; up
to 't' and back to 'f'; over to 'g' and back to 'f'; down center to 'b'
and back to 'f';down to 'v' and back to 'f'. Think of this as a
clockwise motion even though you return to 'f' each time.
(r) 1 (t) 2
\ /
\ /
(f) -- (g) 3
\ \
\ \
(v) 5 (b) 4
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** Frame 5 **
First-finger Reaches - Right Hand
Put your fingers on the home row keys.
a s d f j k l ;
Now follow the chart below with your 'j' finger. Think of this
as a counter-clockwise motion. Touch 'j'; up to 'u' and back to 'j';
up and to the left to 'y' and back to 'j'; over to 'h' and back to 'j';
down to 'n' and back to 'j'; down to 'm' and back to 'j'.
(y)2 (u)1
\ \
\ \
(h)3-- (j)
/ \
/ \
(n)4 (m)5
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** Frame 6 **
First-Finger Reaches - Drill
Type the following drill. Say each letter as you hit the key.
Hit the space bar with your right thumb after each group.
Press the return key at the end of each line.
Note that this drill contains all the letters struck by your first
fingers. Each 'word' appears five times.
Reminder Diagram: (r) (t) \ (y) (u)
(f) (g) \ (h) (j)
(v) (b) \ (n) (m)
[space bar]
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** Frame 7 **
First-Finger Reaches - Drill
Frame 7 is the same drill as Frame 6. This time you will not have
the reminder diagram on the screen.
Type this drill five times.
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** Frame 8 **
First-Finger Key Words - Drill
Type the following drill.
This drill contains all the letters struck by your first fingers.
Each word appears five times.
Say the letters as you strike the keys. Try to increase
your speed each time you repeat a word.
Reminder Diagram: (r) (t) \ (y) (u)
(f) (g) \ (h) (j)
(v) (b) \ (n) (m)
[space bar]
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** Frame 9 **
Type each word as it appears below.
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** Frame 10 **
Review of First-Finger Reaches
Say each letter as you strike the key.
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** Frame 11 **
Review of First-Finger Words
Type the following drill five times. Say each letter
as you strike the key.
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** Frame 12 **
Second-Finger Reaches
Put your fingers through the following motions without striking the
keys.
Your second finger on your left hand strikes 'd' on the home row,
reaches up slightly left for 'e', and below the home row slightly
right for 'c'.
Your second finger on your right hand strikes 'k' on the home row,
reaches up slightly left to 'i', and slightly right on the bottom
row for comma (,).
[e] (r) (t) \ (y) (u) [i]
[d] (f) (g) \ (h) (j) [k]
[c] (v) (b) \ (n) (m) [,]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 13 **
Second-Finger Words
Type the drill as it appears. Say the letters as you strike
the keys.
Reminder Keyboard:
[e] (r) (t) \ (y) (u) [i]
[d] (f) (g) \ (h) (j) [k]
[c] (v) (b) \ (n) (m) [,]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 14 **
Review of Second-Finger Words
Type each word once. Do not look at your fingers as you type;
this will hold back your progress in typing automatically by touch.
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** Frame 15 **
Drill on First and Second-Finger Words
You will now practice all the reaches made by your first and second
fingers.
Before typing each new word for the first time, put your fingers
through the motions of typing that word without hitting the keys.
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** Frame 16 **
Review of First and Second-Finger Reaches
Look at the first group of letters, 'frf'. Close your eyes and mentally
make the reaches.
Now type these reaches five times with your eyes closed.
Do this with each three-letter group.
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** Frame 17 **
Review of First and Second-Finger Words
Mentally reach for the letters in each new word.
Type the word five times with your eyes closed.
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** Frame 18 **
Third-Finger Reaches
Your third finger, left hand, strikes 's' on home row, reaches
up slightly left to 'w' and down to bottom row slightly right
to 'x'.
Your third finger, right hand, strikes 'l' on home row, reaches
up slightly left for 'o' and down to bottom row slightly right
for period (.).
[w] (e) (r) (t) \ (y) (u) (i) [o]
[s] (d) (f) (g) \ (h) (j) (k) [l]
[x] (c) (v) (b) \ (n) (m) (,) [.]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 19 **
Third-Finger Words
Type the following words. Feel out the reaches before striking the keys.
Pause briefly before exploring each new word.
Reminder Keyboard: [w] (e) (r) (t) \ (y) (u) (i) [o]
[s] (d) (f) (g) \ (h) (j) (k) [l]
[x] (c) (v) (b) \ (n) (m) (,) [.]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 20 **
You are now beginning to build a memory pathway between your
eyes and your fingers. When your eye sees a letter, the appropriate
finger wants to move in the direction of that key. Pretty soon your
fingers will do the walking through the keyboard while your mind
remains in neutral.
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** Frame 21 **
Drill on First, Second, and Third-Finger Words
Type the following drill to test your memory pathway.
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** Frame 22 **
Review of First-Finger Reaches
Think of your 'f' finger as being in the center of a car wheel. In
a clockwise movement touch 'f', move up to 'r' and back to 'f'; up to 't'
and back to 'f'; right to 'g' and back to 'f'; down center to 'b' and
back to 'f'; down to 'v' and back to 'f'.
Make the same motions with the 'j' finger in a counter-clockwise movement:
jujyjhjnjmj
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** Frame 23 **
Review of First and Second-Finger Reaches
Type the following drill.
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** Frame 24 **
Review of Third-Finger Reaches
Type each three-letter group five times.
Finger the keys before typing each new unit.
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** Frame 25 **
Review of First, Second, and Third-Finger Words
Part 1
Put your fingers through the motions of typing each new
word without hitting the keys.
Close your eyes and type the word five times.
Open your eyes and mentally finger the new word.
Close your eyes and type that word five times.
Repeat this procedure until you complete all the words.
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** Frame 26 **
Review of First, Second, and Third-Finger Words
Part 2
Put your fingers through the motions of typing each new
word without hitting the keys.
Close your eyes and type the word five times.
Open your eyes and mentally finger the new word.
Close your eyes and type that word five times.
Repeat this procedure until you complete all the words.
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** Frame 27 **
Fourth-Finger Reaches
Your fourth finger on your left hand strikes 'a' on the home row,
reaches up slightly left to strike the 'q', and down to the bottom
row slightly right to strike 'z'.
Your fourth finger on your right hand strikes semicolon (;) on
the home row, reaches up slightly left for p, and down to the
bottom row slightly right for the oblique mark (/).
Put your fingers through these motions without striking the keys.
[q] (w) (e) (r) (t) \ (y) (u) (i) (o) [p]
[a] (s) (d) (f) (g) \ (h) (j) (k) (l) [;]
[z] (x) (c) (v) (b) \ (n) (m) (,) (.) [/]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 28 **
Type the following drill. Say each character as you strike it.
Reminder Keyboard:
[q] (w) (e) (r) (t) \ (y) (u) (i) (o) [p]
[a] (s) (d) (f) (g) \ (h) (j) (k) (l) [;]
[z] (x) (c) (v) (b) \ (n) (m) (,) (.) [/]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 29 **
Fourth-Finger Words
Finger each new word before striking the keys.
Then type each word five times.
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** Frame 30 **
Key Words
You have now completed the 25 key
words that cover the entire alphabet plus
the comma and the period. You will type
this list every day as part of your warm-up
until you complete this course.
Type these key words. Say each letter as you strike the key.
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** Frame 31 **
Close your eyes and type the 25 key words from memory.
Check your words against the list.
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** Frame 32 **
Type two additional copies of the 25 key words.
Say the letters as you strike the keys.
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** Frame 33 **
Think and type the following drill.
Keep your eyes only on the copy. Say each letter as you
strike it.
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** Frame 34 **
Typing Capital Letters
Hold down the shift key with the fourth finger on your right
hand to strike a capital letter on the left side of the keyboard.
Hold down the shift key with the fourth finger on your left
hand to strike a capital letter on the right side of the keyboard.
Fourth Third Second First First Second Third Fourth
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) \ (6) (7) (8) (9) (0)
(Q) (W) (E) (R) (T) \ (Y) (U) (I) (O) (P)
(A) (S) (D) (F) (G) \ (H) (J) (K) (L) (;)
[Shift] (Z) (X) (C) (V) (B) \ (N) (M) (,) (.) (/) [Shift]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 35 **
Practice typing capital letters on the 25 key words.
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** Frame 36 **
Timed Writings
You have learned the full alphabetic keyboard. Fill your tank with
high octane gasoline. From here on in we go for speed. Every key you
strike will now be timed. You will be scored for every word you
type.
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** Frame 37 **
Take ten 30-second timings on these now familiar key
words. Start typing whenever you want, as the timer will not start until
the first key is pressed. In thirty seconds the screen will clear
and your score will appear. Try to beat your speed each time. You will
have ten chances.
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** Frame 38 **
Tips on Timings: How to Develop Typing Skill
Starting now, you are going to build your typing speed to higher
and higher levels throughout the rest of this course.
As you force your fingers to make faster and faster responses, you
will certainly make some stroking errors. However, this is natural.
Your accuracy can be improved by taking some timings with accuracy
as your goal. Use your own judgment on balancing your timings
between emphasis on speed and emphasis on accuracy.
Here are some things you should know about the development of
typing skill:
1. All gains in speed are made on short, intensive efforts of
one minute or less.
2. Longer timings are taken to develop the ability to write for longer
and longer periods at somewhere near your one-minute rate.
3. Take 1/2-minute and 1-minute timings until you can type for one
minute at 30 words a minute. To take longer timings before you
reach 30 WPM on 1-minute timings is a waste of your valuable practice
time.
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** Frame 39 **
Timing Tips - Continued
4. When you reach 30 WPM on 1-minute timings, take some 2-minute timings
every day. However, most of your practice time should be devoted to
increasing your 1-minute rate.
5. Always loosen up your fingers on the preliminary drills before taking
any timed writings.
6. Learn to relax on the home keys every time there is a pause in your
activity. Keep your fingers curved on the keys and let your palms
rest on the frame of the keyboard. NEVER rest on the frame while
typing.
7. Once you start to type, look at the screen, not at the keys.
8. While typing, if you feel you hit the wrong key, do not look up to
verify it; forget it and just concentrate on continuing to type,
otherwise you will lose confidence.
9. Intelligent, concentrated practice as suggested above will make you
a fast, accurate typist in a very short time.
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** Frame 40 **
Warm-Up Drills
Close your eyes and type the 25 key words from memory.
Check your copy against the first two lines of the drill below.
Then type the entire drill.
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** Frame 41 **
Experts Rhythm Drill
The a;sl drill introduced here for the first time is known as the
Expert's Rhythm Drill.
Type this drill three times.
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** Frame 42 **
Learning to Type Numbers
You will type numbers by associating them with the home keys. Remember
that all upward reaches from the home keys are slightly to the left.
In addition, the 'f' and 'j' fingers make one center reach on each row of
keys.
Type the following drill. Say each letter and number as you strike the
keys. Check your accuracy.
Fourth Third Second First First Second Third Fourth
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) \ (6) (7) (8) (9) (0)
(q) (w) (e) (r) (t) \ (y) (u) (i) (o) (p)
(a) (s) (d) (f) (g) \ (h) (j) (k) (l) (;)
[Shift] (z) (x) (c) (v) (b) \ (n) (m) (,) (.) (/) [Shift]
( s p a c e b a r )
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** Frame 43 **
Timed Writing
Think and type the following paragraph as it appears here.
Say each letter as you strike the key. Think of the space after a word
or a punctuation mark as part of the word just typed.
Hit the space bar with the same smooth rhythmic beat as the letters.
Space once after a comma and space twice after a period.
Take five 1/2-minute timings on the following paragraph.
Note your best score of the five timings.
Timing begins when you start to type.
The words disappear in 30 seconds and your score appears on the screen.
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** Frame 44 **
Warm up Drills
Close your eyes and type the 25 key words from memory. Check
against the list below and see how many you remembered.
Then type them again while looking at the list.
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** Frame 45 **
Type the following drills.
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** Frame 46 **
Review of Number Code
Type the following code.
Focus your attention on each letter and number as you strike the keys.
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** Frame 47 **
More Review of Number Code
Think of the home-key finger used to reach for each number but
type only the numbers in each group.
Think 's' and with that finger reach up to the top row to strike '2';
think 'l' and reach up to the top row with that finger to strike '9'.
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** Frame 48 **
Special Character Reaches
Shift on the semicolon (;) key and you will get colon (:).
(q) (w) (e) (r) (t) \ (y) (u) (i) (o) [p] [{]
(a) (s) (d) (f) (g) \ (h) (j) (k) (l) [;] [']
(z) (x) (c) (v) (b) \ (n) (m) (,) (.) [/]
( s p a c e b a r )
Practice these reaches without striking the keys.
The fourth finger on your right hand reaches up one row next to
the letter "p" to strike ({). Shift and you will get (}).
One key to the right of (;) gives you (') on lower case and (")
when you shift. 'P' finger reaches to bottom key for (/) on lower
case and (?) when you shift.
Type the following drill.
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** Frame 49 **
Special Characters on the Top Row
To become familiar with the special characters on the top row,
add the following drill to your warm-up. Use the Shift Key to type
the special characters.
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** Frame 50 **
Timed Writings
Take four 1/2-minute timings on this copy.
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** Frame 51 **
Timed Writings
Timed writings are the key to developing superior typing skill.
Take four 30 second timings on this copy.
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** Frame 52 **
Reminder
It is important that you memorize the 25 key words for the
alphabet and also the simple code for writing numbers. You should
have a copy of them with you at all times to review in your spare
moments. Once committed to memory, you will have them for life.
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** Frame 53 **
Warm-Up Drills
Close your eyes and type the 25 key words and the code for numbers.
Check against the copy and then do all the drills below.
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** Frame 54 **
More Practice Drills
Type the following drills.
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** Frame 55 **
Timed Writings
All your timings will now be for one minute. Take seven 1-minute
timings on this copy.
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** Frame 56 **
Timed Writings
You will type this paragraph six times. Your first typing will be
for accuracy.
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** Frame 57 **
Warm-Up Drills
Start your warm-up by typing the 25 key words and the number code with
your eyes closed. Check your "closed-eyes" drill against the drill
below. Then type two copies of the entire drill.
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** Frame 58 **
Warm-Up Drills Continued
Type two copies of the following drill.
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** Frame 59 **
Timed Writings
We are back to speed once again. You won't gain speed unless you
push. If you push, you will make errors. That's because you are
trying to type faster than you can type. But that's the way you
gain speed. Start Flying!
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** Frame 60 **
Wow! That was work. Take a 2-minute breather. Stand up. Stretch
out. Bend over. Punch the air. But don't punch me. Relax.
This is a new paragraph. Slow down for accuracy.
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** Frame 61 **
You will now type five 1-minute timings on this familiar but
most important material.
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** Frame 62 **
Are you tired? That was hard work. It's a great way to build speed in
a hurry. Take a long two-minute rest, and hit those keys again.
This time for accuracy.
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** Frame 63 **
We are back to speed again. More back-breaking
work. More speed. This time we are going to give
you ten chances to set a new speed record. Your
first typing will be for accuracy. Your next ten
typings will be for speed, and your final typing
for accuracy. Notice your speed increase between
your first typing and your twelfth typing.
Start typing for accuracy this time.
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** Frame 64 **
Start your warm-up each day by typing the key words and the number
code with your eyes closed before copying the warm-up drills.
Every time you type them, you are reviewing the entire alphabet,
the comma, the period, and the numbers.
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** Frame 65 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 66 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 67 **
Warm-Up Drills
Remember - The key to your success in typing is KEYBOARD MASTERY -
being able to hit all keys without looking. The drill lines coming
up are aimed at that goal. Keep trying to commit them all to
memory.
Type these next four lines with your eyes closed. Check your accuracy.
Then type this drill again with your eyes open.
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** Frame 68 **
Review of Special Characters
The best way to pratice special characters is by associating
them with the numbers on the keys. After some practice, you
will be able to use them in any combination. Type this drill
-- without looking.
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** Frame 69 **
Common-Word Practice
Starting with this drill, you will practice the most common
words in our language. Words of less than four letters were
left out. They are listed in the order of their frequency with
a few exceptions made for the sake of the arrangement of the copy.
Type the following drill, trying to speed up your fingers
on the second and third typing of each word.
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** Frame 70 **
Common-Word Practice continued.
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** Frame 71 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 72 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 73 **
Warm-Up Drills
Type these five lines with your eyes closed. Check your accuracy.
Type them again with your eyes open.
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** Frame 74 **
Common-Word Practice
Type the following drill, trying to speed up your fingers
on the second and third typing of each word.
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** Frame 75 **
Common-Word Practice continued.
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** Frame 76 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 77 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 78 **
Common-Word Practice
Type the following drill, trying to speed up your fingers
on the second and third typing of each word.
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** Frame 79 **
Common-Word Practice Continued
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** Frame 80 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 81 **
Timed writings. Start typing for accuracy.
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** Frame 82 **
Warm-Up
Type the five lines with your eyes closed. Check your accuracy.
Type them two more times with your eyes open.
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** Frame 83 **
More Warm-Up
Six new words are being added to your daily warm-up. Their purpose is to
give you better finger action and to cut down on unnecessary wrist
and arm motion.
Type this drill.
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** Frame 84 **
This is your final timed writing. Practice this or any of the timed
writing frames as often as necessary to achieve your desired speed
goal. Remember to begin and end every speed-building activity with
an accuracy writing. Start typing for accuracy.
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** END OF LESSON **
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