01.00 Use the touch method in operating the keyboard and numeric keypad

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01.00 Use the touch method in operating the
keyboard and numeric keypad

• Objective 1.03 Execute the touch method in
  operating number and symbol keys

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Posture and Technique Review

• Sit up straight
• Feet flat on the floor
• Body centered in front of the computer
• Elbows naturally by side
• Fingers curved
• Wrists low, but not touching the keyboard
• Quick, snappy strokes

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Posture and Technique Review--continued

• Quick down and in motion of the thumb
• Right pinky used for the enter key other fingers
  remain on the home row
• Examine the number keys carefully to form a
  mental picture of the layout.
• Keep your eyes on the copy (what you are typing
  from, not the keyboard and your fingers)
• Place your fingers on the center of each key with
  the fingers slightly curved
• Strike keys firmly and release them quickly

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Home Row Keys Review
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Keyboard Fingering Layout Number and Symbol Keys
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Spacing Around Symbols

• . (period)space once after when used with
  abbreviations or initials, space twice after
  at the end of a sentence
• , (comma)space once after
• (semi-colon)space once after
• (colon)space twice after except when
  stating time
• ? (question mark)space twice after at the end
  of a sentence
• (asterisk)no space between word and symbol
• ! (exclamation point)space twice after at
  the end of a sentence
• _at_ (at)one space before and after except in an
  email address
• (number/pound symbol)no space between
  figure and symbol
• (dollar sign)no space after
• (quotation)no space after beginning, one
  space after ending

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Spacing--continued

• - (hyphen)no space before or after
• (dash)no space before or after
• / (slash or diagonal)no space before or
  after
• (plus)one space before and after
• gt (greater than)no space before or after
• lt (less than)no space before or after
• ( (left parenthesis)no space after
• ) (right parenthesis)no space before, one
  space after
• (equals)space before and after
• (apostrophe)no space before or after
• (ampersand)space once before and after
• (percent)no space before