CLASS IX • Face the screen with your head slightly tilted

forward.
I.T(402) - UNIT III MASTERING • There should be at least 50-80 cm of distance
TYPING between your eyes and the screen. In other words,
your outstretched arm should barely touch the
Q1. What is touch typing? screen.
Touch typing is a method of typing without using the • The optimum height of the tabletop or under-desk
sense of sight to find the keys. Specifically, a touch keyboard drawer is 68 to 73 cm from the floor.
typist will know their location on the keyboard • The chair and table height should be chosen so as to
through muscle memory. Touch typing typically expose the shoulder, arm, and wrist muscles to the
involves placing the eight fingers in a horizontal row least possible strain. The wrists can touch the tabletop
along the middle of the keyboard (the home row) and in front of the keyboard. Never shift even a portion of
having them reach for other keys. Touch typing can your body weight to the wrists by resting on them.
be done using two hands or possibly only with one.
Q5. Write two advice/suggestions for successful
Q2. What are various stages of touch typing touch typing practice.
technique? Advice for successful touch typing practice
Touch typing improves typing speed and accuracy. A • Do not rush at the early stages of learning. High
touch typist never looks at the keyboard. The fingers speed makes sense only when the fingers can hit
hit the right keys by force of habit. The typist is the right keys by force of habit. Take your time
entirely focused on the text being typed, reading the when typing to avoid mistakes. The speed will
words and phrases as the fingers type the text pick up as you progress.
reflexively. Touch typing can be learned by • You should establish and maintain a rhythm while
performing special exercises. typing. This means that keystrokes should come
at equal intervals.
Stage one of the process begins with learning the • Hit keys only with the fingers for which they have
home row of the keyboard (the row beginning with been reserved.
the Caps Lock key). Looking at the keyboard is • Limit your hand and finger movement only to what
strictly forbidden. This is followed by learning the is necessary to press a specific key. Keep your
lower and upper rows, the numbers row, upper-case hands and fingers close to the base position. This
letters and special symbols. improves typing speed and reduces stress on the
Stage two involves memorizing frequently used hands.
syllables and typing words containing these syllables. • Don’t look at the keys when you type. Just slide
Stage three involves typing actual text to perfect the your fingers around until they find the home row
skills acquired. marking.
• Don’t hammer on the keys. Try using the minimum
Q3. What are the base positions of your fingers on force possible.
keyboard?
• To switch between upper/lower case always use the
The F, D, S, A, and J, K, L,; keys (on a QWERTY opposite hand.
keyboard) represent the base position. Keyboards
usually have small protrusions on the F and J keys. Q6 Explain various components/controls of Rapid
They help your fingers locate the base position
Typing Window.
without looking at the keyboard. Try to return your The window is composed of the following controls:
fingers to the base position after each keystroke. • Taskbar lets you set or change on the fly some basic
options to start a lesson (keyboard layout, level,
Q4. Write some points to be focused when you are lesson, and background).
sitting in front of computer. • Three horizontal buttons in the top-right corner
While at the computer, sit straight (see the picture (Options, About and Help) can display the
above ) Always remember to keep your back corresponding dialogs.
straight. • Three vertical buttons in the top-left corner (Lesson,
• Keep your elbows bent at the right angle. Statistics and Lesson Editor) are used for
 switching between current lesson, User Statistics • Click the button (or press Ctrl+3 on your keyboard)
and Lesson Editor. to see how your typing accuracy changes in the
• Text Panel is the area where the text to be typed is different lessons.
displayed. You can easily edit it in Lesson Editor, • To remove a metric from your statistics, select a
if necessary. lesson in the right table and click the button (or
• Lesson Control Panel includes several controls to press Delete on your keyboard).
pause/resume the current lesson, enable/disable On the Taskbar in the upper part of the window, you
sounds, and adjust the sound volume. can choose keyboard layout, level and course for
• Keyboard is the virtual keyboard that will help you which you’d like to see statistics.
to learn touch typing with all ten fingers. You can
customize its appearance in the ‘Lesson’ section. Q10. What are the different components of lesson
editor window?
Q7 Explain different types of mistakes that occurred Lesson Editor window is composed of the following
during the lesson. controls:
we can check your mistakes that occurred during the • Taskbar lets you select the keyboard layout and
lesson. The color indication is as follows: level of the lesson you’d like to edit.
• Green letters denote right inputs. • Toolbar includes buttons for adding a new lesson,
• Yellow letters stand for right inputs exceeding the inserting text from file and saving changes.
acceptable timeframe. • Navigation Tree shows the existing courses and
• Red letters denote wrong inputs within the lesson hierarchy.
acceptable timeframe. • Text Panel is the area where you can edit the text of
• Orange letters indicate wrong inputs that also the lesson currently selected in the Navigation
exceed the acceptable timeframe (it’s the worst Tree.
result). • Lesson Metrics displays the number and percentage
of words, characters, spaces and specific
Q8 Explain Error Window of the Rapid Typing. characters in the lesson.
This tab shows your errors and delays percentage • And Keyboard is the virtual keyboard that highlights
both in the graphical and table view. This will help the characters used in the currently selected
you to better understand which letters are still hard for lesson. You can customize its appearance in the
you to type. You can switch between the Errors in ‘Lesson’ section.
percent chart (by clicking the button just below the Lesson Editor makes all the lessons fully
tabs) and Delay in percent chart (by clicking the customizable. You can add, insert, change, and
button).
On the bar chart, the X-axis corresponds to the letters Q11. Write steps to insert a new lesson on rapid
used in the lesson, while the Y-axis shows you the typing software.
errors/delays related to each letter. If there aren’t any To add a new lesson, perform the following:
errors and delays for a certain character, it won’t Choose the keyboard layout and level from the drop-
show up on the chart. The table below represents the down list on the Taskbar.
same data with the exact numbers. • In the Navigation Tree, choose the course where you
want to add the lesson.
Q9 Write the options to review our statics and • Click the button on the Toolbar (or press Ctrl+N on
progress both in graphical and table view. your keyboard).
We can review your overall statistics and progress • Fill out the fields in this dialog: specify the name of
both in graphical and table view. The following the lesson in Lesson Title, verify the course where the
options are available: lesson should be added, select Lesson Type from the
• Click the button in the top-left corner of the window drop-down list and click OK. A new lesson will be
(or press Ctrl+1 on your keyboard) to see your added to the selected course and will show up in the
CPM speed (characters per minute) progress. Navigation Tree.
• Click the button (or press Ctrl+2 on your keyboard)
to see your WPM speed (words per minute)
progress.