Keyboarding Made Simple: Learn the best techniques for keyboarding like a pro [Paperback]

Leigh E. Zeitz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 17, 2005

Leave hunt-and-peck to the chickens. Effective and efficient keyboarding is more than tapping the correct letter. Designed for individual and classroom use, this book teaches you to react to letters instead of finding them on the keyboard. This breakthrough guide brims with step-by-step exercises for keyboarding with ease. Develop your digital dexterity with Keyboarding Made Simple. Topics covered include:

• correct body positioning and posture
• basic letters, numbers, and symbols
• faster keyboarding using AutoWords and AutoBlends
• using text alignment and justification
• envelopes and letters
• using columns to create newsletters
• avoiding common errors
• mastering the keypad
• handling electronic communication

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About the Author

LEIGH EDWARD ZEITZ, Ph.D. is an associate professor of educational technology at the University of Northern Iowa. He has written seven books and more than sixty articles on technology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (May 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767917057
• ISBN-13: 978-0767917056
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.7 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just started reading this but...., July 28, 2005

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J. Dierks - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keyboarding Made Simple: Learn the best techniques for keyboarding like a pro (Paperback)

As an adult computer user that needs to improve my keyboarding skills from advanced "hunt and peck" to full touch-typing this is just the book I needed.

Dr. Zeitz provides a comprehensive guide to keyboard familiarization and many exercises enroute to improving keyboarding skills for the beginner as well as expert "typist".

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keyboarding Made Simple: Learn the best techniques of keyboarding like a pro, October 3, 2005

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Susan Steinberg (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keyboarding Made Simple: Learn the best techniques for keyboarding like a pro (Paperback)

I purchased this book for use with a teenager in a shelter. It is very easy to follow and he can actually self teach when I am not present.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars VERY SATISFIED, September 11, 2009

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blaqbeltshopper (Joshua Tree, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keyboarding Made Simple: Learn the best techniques for keyboarding like a pro (Paperback)

This is the second time I have purchased this book. I bought it for my son and it was lost in a move. He was very happy with it and wanted the same book as a replacement. He did not take typing in school and is learning on his own so this is Ok for a beginner.