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- Keyboarders must possess the ability to find the large
- number of errors they are certain to make as they engage in
- keyboarding activities. Keystroke errors must be expected,
- regardless of the skill level of the operator. Little harm
- results from the making of an error. Instead, the problems
- come from a failure to locate the unplanned misstrokes. To
- search out the keystroke errors, the keyboarder must employ
- a proofreading plan. The best plan requires that you first
- read through the copy quite rapidly. Following the reading
- of your copy for content, it is read through a second time.
- The initial rapid reading of your copy is to determine
- if any of your work was left out that was not intended. At
- this point you are reading the copy for meaning. Thus, you
- scan the copy for an omitted word, phrase, or sentence. As
- you complete the reading for meaning, the copy is then read
- slowly, word by word. The detailed reading of your copy is
- to locate errors such as incorrect spellings; also, each of
- the punctuation marks are checked. Here is a helpful point
- for you to keep in mind: An expert keyboarder is a skilled
- discoverer of errors who can also productively strike keys.
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