Typing for Beginners: A Basic Typing Handbook Using the Self-Teaching, Learn-at-Your-Own-Speed Methods of One of New York's Most Successful Business Schools

Typing for Beginners: A Basic Typing Handbook Using the Self-Teaching, Learn-at-Your-Own-Speed Methods of One of New York's Most Successful Business Schools

by Betty Owen
Typing for Beginners: A Basic Typing Handbook Using the Self-Teaching, Learn-at-Your-Own-Speed Methods of One of New York's Most Successful Business Schools

Typing for Beginners: A Basic Typing Handbook Using the Self-Teaching, Learn-at-Your-Own-Speed Methods of One of New York's Most Successful Business Schools

by Betty Owen

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Overview

A basic typing handbook using the self-teaching, learn-at-your-own-speed methods of one of New York’s most successful business schools.

This practical guide offers specialized drills, speed and accuracy timings, centering and tabulating, finished business letters, how to make corrections and copies, proofreaders’ symbols, as well as trouble-saving tips.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780399511479
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 07/23/1985
Edition description: REV
Pages: 80
Sales rank: 280,235
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents

The Preliminaries
Why Learn to Type5
How to Use This Book5
Enjoy Your Typing6
Get to Know Your Typewriter6
Get Ready to Type8
Step 1New Letters: a s d f j k l10
Step 2New Letters: r v u m e c o12
Step 3New Letters: i, w x q z p /14
Step 4New Letters: g t b h y n16
Shift Key17
Review of Alphabet18
Step 5Building Speed18
How to Time Your Typing20
Step 6Timings: 1 Minute21
Speed or Accuracy?22
How to Figure Speed22
Typing Progress Chart23
Step 71-Minute Timings26
Speed Copy27
How to Center28
Step 8Numbers29
Punctuation Marks and Symbols30
Tabs34
Step 9Accuracy36
Letter Substitution Drills38
5-Minute Timing41
How to Type Manuscripts42
Step 10How to Type Letters45
How to Type Envelopes52
Other Things You Should Know
How to Increase Your Speed from Here53
How to Take Tests54
Questions and Answers About Typing56
How to Make Corrections59
Photocopies and Carbons61
Letters and Other Forms62
How to Type Tables, Lists, and Charts77
Resumes79
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