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     The purpose of the Progressive Letters Selection menu is to let you add
more letters to your typing "vocabulary" as your typing skills increase.

     As you become proficient in typing a specific set of letters you can
select the next set from the list.  The list is cumulative, that is, if you
select the letters in entry #4 to learn, then all of the letters in the
preceding entries (1,2,3) will also be included in the drills. All of the sets
you select are hi-lighted on the screen menu.

     When you reach entry #8, your drills will include all of the letters of
the alphabet, semi-colon, space bar, and enter key.

                    **** HOW TO STRIKE THE KEYS ****

     Strike each key firmly and quickly with the appropriate finger, return
it to its HOME position.  Keep the other fingers close to the HOME keys.
Strike the space bar sharply with the side of the right thumb.  The left
thumb is NEVER used during typing.

     The following HELP pages will briefly describe how to type the letters
listed in this menu.
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  1)  asdf jkl;  --  Place left-hand fingertips on the asdf keys and the right
      hand fingertips on the  jkl;  keys.  Close all fingers slightly and rest
      them lightly on the keys.  Slant the hands upward parallel to each other
      at the wrists and keep them low, just clearing the keyboard.  For the
      space bar, curve the right thumb and hold it slightly above the bar and
      pointing to the letter  b.

  2)  e,i  -  Reach up to these keys with the middle finger of each hand,
              strike sharply and return to the HOME position. Keep wrists
              parallel and elbows to your sides.

      e - D-finger (middle-left hand) up to the E-key.
      i - K-finger (middle-right hand) up to the I-key.

  3)  r,u  -  Reach up with the index fingers, strike the key sharply and
              return to the HOME position. Keep the other fingers on the
              HOME keys.

      r - F-finger (index-left hand) up to the R-key.
      u - J-finger (index-right hand) up to the U-key.

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  4)  g,h  -  These are easy. Reach over with the index finger keeping the
              wrists parallel and raised slightly above the keyboard. Keep
              the other fingers on their HOME positions.

      g - F-finger (index-left hand) over to the G-key.
      h - J-finger (index-right hand) over to the H-key.

  5)  t,y  -  These keys are kind of easy also. Reach up with the index fingers
              press sharply and return to the HOME position.

      t - F-finger (index-left hand) up to the T-key.
      y - J-finger (index-right hand) up to the Y-key.

  6)  q,w,o,p  -  These keys are a little more difficult. Reach up with the
                  ring or pinky fingers, strike the key sharply and return to
                  the home position.  For w and o try to keep the pinky on or
                  very close to its HOME position.
      q - A-finger (pinky-left hand) up to the Q-key.
      w - S-finger (ring-left hand) up to the W-key.
      0 - L-finger (ring-right hand) up to the O-key.
      p - ;-finger (pinky-right hand) up to the P-key.
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  7)  c,v,n  - Reach down and strike the keys sharply then quickly return
               to the HOME position.  Keep the other fingers on or close to the
               HOME position; wrists parallel slightly raised above the key-
               board; elbows down to your sides and back straight.
      c - D-finger (middle-left hand) down to the C-key.
      v - F-finger (index-left hand) down to the V-key.
      n - J-finger (index-right hand) down to the N-key.

  8)  z,x,b,m  -  These keys are hard (that's why they're last). For z and x
                  keep the F and D-fingers on their HOME positions. When you
                  reach for the b-key keep the asdf-fingers on their HOME
                  positions.
      z - A-finger (pinky-left hand) down to the Z-key.
      x - S-finger (ring-left hand) down to the X-key.
      b - F-finger (index-left hand) down towards the right to the B-key.
      m - J-finger (index-right hand) down towards the right to the M-key.

ENTER KEY - This key on the old-style PC keyboard is difficult to to reach
because of its unique placement.  With the pinky finger of the right hand reach
way over to the right to press the ENTER key.  This key on the IBM Enhanced
Keyboard is easy; simply reach over with your right pinky finger and press it.
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