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- Before you can plan keyboarding work in an orderly and
- efficient manner, you must first memorize a number of basic
- facts that relate to keyboarding. First, keep in mind that
- a basic sheet of computer print paper is eleven inches long
- and eight and one half inches wide. We have two basic type
- sizes that are called pica and elite. Pica, the largest of
- the two, permits you to key ten letters per inch, while the
- smaller elite permits the keying of twelve letters per copy
- inch. To vertically plan it is essential that all students
- know that there are six lines per copy inch--pica or elite.
- Once the student has grasped the above information, he
- can then quickly compute the horizontal and vertical layout
- for the copy to be keyed. What is the horizontal center of
- your paper when pica type is used? This answer is found by
- simply multiplying the number of pica spaces per inch, ten,
- by eight and one half. The resulting product, eighty five,
- is then divided by two in order to compute the center point
- of the paper, this of course being forty two. Now, another
- question: Just how many lines can be typed on a full sheet
- of paper? The top paragraph contains all the needed facts.
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