The H. M. Rowe Company

Typing for Accuracy, one of our most popular textbooks, provides 90 practice drills specifically designed to help students break bad keyboarding habits and in the process improve both smoothness and accuracy. These drills may be used either sequentially as part of a full basic keyboarding course or individually as supplemental practice. Two easy-to-read flysheet indexes located both in the front and the back of the book make it easy for students to find drills for particular letters and letter combinations.

Each unit is designed to fit on one sheet. The top right corner of every page contains comments and suggestions to guide the student before they begin the lesson. Most units consist of eighteen lines of words or sentences. Following every unit is an Optional Practice exercise designed to extend and review the material in the unit itself.

Designed for use with either the typewriter or the keyboard, Typing for Accuracy developes concentration and skill mastery--qualities that lead to improved accuracy.

Contents

TO REVIEW THE KEYBOARD

In this section you review the
entire alphabet and special characters.
You can work on either a typewriter or a
computer. Exercises are designed to
increase familiarity with the keyboard:
Letter and word drills
Word and sentence practice

Drills for Each Key

Alphabet and ;,.
a, b, and c
d, e, and f
g, h, and i
j, k, and l
m, n, and 0
p, q, and r
s, t, and u
v, w, and x
y and z
Figures and Characters
Alphabetic Sentences

TO BUILD RHYTHM AND ACCURACY

In this section, you focus on using keys
that are next to each other (adjacent strokes).
You also practice reach strokes. Word
practice focuses on specific letter
combinations and on the keys in each row of the
keyboard. Sentences are included to help build
fluency with these strokes.

Adjacent Stroke Drills

Adjacent Strokes (words)
Adjacent Strokes (sentences)

Reach Stroke Drills

Reach Strokes (words)
Reach Strokes (sentences)

TO CORRECT STROKING FAULTS

These units focus on practice with three
kinds of letter combinations that often
lead to keyboarding error:
2-letter sequences (such as ac, ch) from
which one letter is often inadvertently
omitted
2 letters that tend to cause substitution
errors if they appear close together in a
word or sentence (such as a-e, d-c)
2 letter combinations that are often
transposed (such as a/h, g/n)

To Remedy Omissions, Transpositions, and
Substitutions

ac, ad, al, an, ar, as
aw, a-e, a-h, a-s, a-z, a/h
ba, be, bl, br, b/a, b/l
ce, ch, co, cr, ct, c/a
de, di, do, d-c, d-s, d/e
d/n, ea, ex, e-a, e-d, e/h
e/i, fo, f-r, f/o, ge, gl
gr, g-t, g/n, hi, ho, h-n
h/t, im, in, ir, it, i-e
i-o, i-u, i/a, i/e, jo, ki
kn, k-d, le, lo, ly, l-s
l/e, l/k, l/o, me, mi, mp
mu, m-n, m/a, na, ne, no
nt, n/a, n/i, n/o, oi, ol
on, or, os, ov, o-p, o/t
o/w, ph, pi, pl, pr, p-o
p/o, p/u, q-a, re, ri, ro
rt, ru, r-f, r-t, r/d, r/t
sa, se, sh, si, su, s-a
s-i, s-o, s/e, s/i, t-a, t-p
t-r, t/a, t/i, t/u, uc, um
un, us, u/l, va, ve, vo
v/e, v/i, wa, we, wh, w-s
w/e, wi, w/o, y/o, y/t, ze

Drills to Improve Shifting

Capital Letters (cities)
Capital Letters (names)
Capital Letters (paragraphs)

TO DEVELOP CONCENTRATION

These drills help develop accuracy
through increasing concentration on
copy. The drills are not designed
for maximum keyboarding speed. Your
practice includes drills in these areas:
law
medicine/ science
business

Concentration Drills

Words and Numerals: Geography/Science
More Words for Concentration: Science/Law
Paragraphs for Concentration: Business\Law
Paragraphs for Concentration: Business Procedures

Drills for Each Finger

First-Finger Strokes
Second-Finger Strokes
Third-Finger Strokes
Fourth-Finger Strokes
Paragraphs Stressing Each Finger
Computers/Science

Special Characters and Numbers

Characters and Numbers
Paragraphs with Characters and Numbers

Sound-Alike Words and Related Contrasts

Sound-Alike Words
Contrasted Words

Double Letters

Double Letters (words)
Double Letters (sentences)
Double letters (paragraphs): Law

One-Hand Words

TO BUILD SKILLS: EQUIPMENT,
FORMATTING, PUNCTUATION, AND
PROOFREADING

This section focuses on specific keyboarding
techniques, correct spacing and punctuation,
and proofreading.

Electronic Equipment

Computers and Typewriters
Special Keys and Features
Special Keys and Features

Tabulations

5-Column Tabulations
4-Column Tabulations
Multicolumn Tabulations
Tabulations of Numbers
Tabulations Including Numbers

Techniques

Enter/Return at End of Line: List
Spacing and Space Bar

Word Division

Punctuation

Proofreading

TO BUILD FAST STROKING PATTERNS

The first two groups of units focus on
high-frequency letter combinations and
balanced-hand words. This practice will
increase your keyboarding rate. Use the
third group of drills to review or to
measure your keyboarding speed.

High-Frequency Combinations

a--and b--
c--, d--, and e--
e--, f--, g--, and h--
h-- and i--
k--, l--, m--, n--, and o--
o-- and p--
p--, r--, s--, t--, and w--

Balanced-Hand Words

Balanced-Hand Words
Balanced-Hand Words (sentences)
Balanced-Hand Words (paragraphs)

Paragraph Writing

Short Paragraphs
Short Paragraphs
Short and Long Paragraphs
Long Paragraphs
Long Paragraphs
Long Paragraphs
Alphabetic Paragraphs