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You are timed as you type each line. The timing counts only when you type the line correctly. At the end of this drill, a special report screen is displayed to inform you of your progress. If your speed averages less than 15 words per minute (WPM), the lesson restarts automatically. If you achieve 15 WPM or more on the short words drill, you are led into a set of drills with longer words.
■ ''Longer Words Drills'' present a series of words four or five letters long. Again, type each line twice, pressing ENTER to complete each line of typing.
You are timed while typing these words, and you again receive a progress report at the end of the drill. If you reached your Target WPM, you are ready to proceed to the next lesson or review. If you need more practice, however, you are advised to repeat the lesson.
====Target WPM====
The Target WPM used for Levels 1 through 3 is 15 words per minute for a beginning typist. When you have learned all of the letter keys, you can set your own target in the WPM TIMING option of the
Diagnostic section. (See page 16.)
At the end of a lesson or review, if your average typing speed was higher than your Target WPM, your Target WPM is changed to match your new typing speed. However, once your Target WPM exceeds 25, it is no longer automatically changed by the module. If you want to change your Target WPM at this point, you must go to the WPM TIMING option.
====Numbers and Symbols====
In Levels 5 through 8, to learn the numbers and symbols keys, you proceed through activities very similar to those you experienced in Levels 1 through 3. However, the key introductions and drills for the numbers and symbols are a little different.
Each lesson in Levels 5 through 8 introduces two new reach keys, generally number keys. Also introduced are the symbols that are typed by holding down the '''SHIFT''' key while typing the new reach keys.
While performing exercises composed of numbers and symbols, you may be tempted to let your hands "float" away from home position. To learn the reach from the home row to the top row, you must keep your fingers hovered over the home keys. Stretch the proper finger to tap the displayed key, and then immediately return that finger to its home position.
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