Title: Key alphabetic, numeric, and symbolic information using a touch system and correct techniques.
Course: Keyboarding Middle (12005-9) > Section: Developing Keyboarding Skills

Keying should include

- keeping eyes on copy, not on fingers, even when making reaches
- keeping feet on the floor
- keeping wrists low, not touching the desk or computer
- keeping fingers curved and upright on home keys
- maintaining erect posture
- keeping in rhythm without pausing between keystrokes
- keying with accuracy
- keying at an instructor-specified typing speed designed to meet an industry-standard goal, if applicable.