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Cortez Peters Jr.
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Cortez W. Peters, Jr., (ca.
1926 –
June 24,
1993) was
an American world-champion typist. Peters began typing at the age of 12,
and won twelve typing contests.
Peters set a
typing
world record of 225
wpm (net) when timed for one minute, with a top finger speed of
almost 300 wpm. He used a special competition keyboarding method which
he jointly developed with his father.
His father, Cortez Peters, Sr., opened Cortez Peters business schools
in Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Chicago after his son set a record of
typing more than 99 words a minute in competition while wearing mittens.
The schools were the first black-owned schools in the field, and during
their tenure trained an estimated 45,000 students.
He married his wife, Mildred Smith, circa 1948.
Following the schools' closure in the mid-1970s, the younger Peters
began writing textbooks and became a consultant for commercial education
programs. He evidently served as a school administrator.
Peters died on
June 24,
1993 from a
heart attack in Columbia, Missouri, where he had been conducting a
seminar on typing, shorthand and other clerical skills.
Keyboarding Technique
Positioning Techniques
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Center yourself to the keyboard by aligning the H key with the center of your
body.
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Sit back in your chair in a comfortable, relaxed position, with the upper part of
your body leaning slightly forward. Your bottom should be against the back
of the chair for better back support.
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Place your body only a few inches from your keyboard. To determine the
correct distance:
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hang your arms loosely at your sides,
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bend your elbows to a 90 degree angle without moving them forward or backward,
and
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move your chair up to the keyboard until your fingers touch the home row keys.
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Keep your feet flat on the floor. Never cross your legs. 
If your feet don’t reach
the floor,
consider using a foot
rest
or a telephone book.
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Keep the upper part of each hand perfectly flat and parallel to the slope of the
keyboard. You may need to:
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adjust the slope of the keyboard, or
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adjust the height of the chair in order to get the proper angle.
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Keep your fingers curved and held in a scratch-like position, with the fingertips
slightly touching or hovering closely above the home-row keys.
Keep your fingers as close to the keyboard as possible.
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Keep both palms above the base of the keyboard -- do not let your palms rest on
the base of the keyboard or the table.
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Keep your arms and wrists steady, but relaxed.
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Do not let your hands bounce. Move the fingers, not the hand, when you
key.
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Strike the space bar with your right thumb only.
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Strike the return key by moving your right hand slightly to the right.
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Keep your eyes on your copy. Do not look at your fingers or the keyboard
while keying.
If you find that it is tempting to look at your fingers, try a keyboard
cover.
Concentration Techniques
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Key for duplication, not comprehension. Look only at the letters, not the
words.
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Key on a letter-for-letter basis (letter recognition).
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Say each letter (spell out each word) mentally as you key it until your
speed makes it impossible to do so.
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Keep your eyes on the copy.
Do not look at the keys as you type.
Rhythmic Keying Technique
Key with an easy rhythm and a smooth cadence. Students who key
rhythmically key faster and more accurately than other students.
Finger Positions:
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Proper Keyboarding Technique
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Weekly Schedule for
Cortez-Peters:
Tuesday:
Warmup: It is important
to warm up for at least 5 minutes before testing. Key as many drills as
you can in 5 minutes.
Pretest: Sets the
Corrective Practice assignments for the week. On the Main Menu, click the
Pretest/Posttest button. Note: Do not re-start another Pretest once
you have started. You only get one chance.
5-Minute Timed Writings -
includes two 5-minute timings.
Diagnostic Tests - includes
ten (10) one-minute timings.
Be sure that the software shows a
solid
check mark (not a gray mark) when you are finished. You must finish both
sets of timings before a solid check will appear.
Wednesday &
Thursday:
Warmup: It is
important to warm up for at least 5 minutes before testing. Key as
many drills as you can in 5 minutes.
Timed Writings:
Turn in two 5-minute timed writes.
Corrective Practice:
These activities are a result of the software's diagnoses of problems and
weaknesses. The practice drills provide a remedy to your problems
and weaknesses.
On the Main Menu, click the
Corrective Practice button. Start at the top of the list and
complete each activity.
Other Activities:
Assigned on a daily basis.
Friday:
Warmup: It is important
to warm up for at least 5 minutes before testing. Key as many drills as
you can in 5 minutes.
Posttest: The
Posttest appears on the screen beneath the Pretest (taken earlier).
The test is the same as the
Pretest, except the results do not determine Corrective Practice activities.
It measures your improvement for the week.
5-Minute Timed Writings -
includes two 5-minute timings.
Diagnostic Tests - includes
ten (10) one-minute timings.
Speed & Accuracy Graph:
Note any improvement in accuracy.
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