1. Keyboarding Using the Touch-method
To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method

2. Proper Posture (reasonably erect) and Technique
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

3. Quick down and in motion of the thumb
Proper Posture and Technique--continued
Quick down and in motion of the thumb
Right pinky used for the enter key; other fingers remain on the home row
Hands and arms remain relatively stationary
Use the appropriate pinky for each shift key…left shift use left pinky…
Examine the keyboard carefully to form a mental picture of the layout. (You will memorize the entire keyboard.)

4. Strike keys firmly and release them quickly
Proper Posture and Technique--continued
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
Do not worry about correcting errors when working on building speed

5. Place fingers on HOME ROW KEYSD J S F ; A

6. TERM
DEFINITION
Technique
The form and keying style that a typist uses while operating the
Keyboard
Touch-method
To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method
Posture
The way the typist sits; the way the typist’s arms, wrists, fingers,
legs and feet are placed
Work area
Arrangement of the keyboard, copy (to right of monitor), mouse, and other materials
on the desk

7. Your body to be reasonably erect in front of the keyboard.
Posture Requires
Your body to be reasonably erect in front of the keyboard.

8. the Little Finger
is small but noisy:
Quiet Aunt Zelda

9. the Next Finger
is ambitious:
Want Something eXtra

10. the Middle Finger
is smart:
Every Dollar Counts

11. the Index Finger
types 6 letters:
Run From Vicky
To Get Betty

12. the Index finger
types 6 letters
You Have Nothing
Uncle Joe's Mad

13. the Middle finger
is proud
I'm King , comma

14. the next finger
is patient
Over Longer . period

15. the Little Finger
is vain and
types only one key
Pretty

16. Thumbs
strike
space bar
(inserts space
between
characters)

17. Close your eyes.
Try to find
the letters of
the alphabet by touch.

18. TERM
DEFINITION
Technique
The form and keying style that a typist uses while operating the
Keyboard
Touch-method
To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method
Posture
The way the typist sits; the way the typist’s arms, wrists, fingers,
legs and feet are placed
Work area
Arrangement of the keyboard, copy, mouse, and other materials
on the desk