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We define a word as six characters, regardless of whether the characters are letters, numbers, punctuation, or space. All speeds quoted are for straight text input without the assistance of macros. Macros are a wild card in such statistics in that they can improve performance 30-70% or more with sufficient training. Typical users will begin with straight text and can look forward to further improvements when they start making serious use of macros.

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... other.²

Pressing the palms together, rotate the hands oppositely about an axis normal to the palms to make the fingers of each hand point in opposite directions. Now separate the hands slightly and let each hand ``type'' on the palm of the other.

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