Editing Typing (section)

===Touch typing===
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In this technique, the typist keeps their eyes on the source copy at all times. Touch typing also involves the use of the [[home row]] method, where typists rest their wrist down, rather than lifting up and typing (which can cause [[carpal tunnel syndrome]] {{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}). To avoid this, typists should sit up tall, leaning slightly forward from the waist, place their feet flat on the floor in front of them with one foot slightly in front of the other, and keep their elbows close to their sides with forearms slanted slightly upward to the keyboard; fingers should be curved slightly and rest on the home row.

Many touch typists also use [[keyboard shortcut]]s when typing on a computer. This allows them to edit their document without having to take their hands off the keyboard to use a mouse. An example of a keyboard shortcut is pressing the {{keypress|Ctrl}} key plus the {{key press|S}} key to save a document as they type, or the {{key press|Ctrl}} key plus the {{key press|Z}} key to undo a mistake. Other shortcuts are the {{keypress|Ctrl}} key plus the {{keypress|C}} to copy and the {{keypress|Ctrl}} key and the {{keypress|V}} key to paste, and the {{keypress|Ctrl}} key and the {{keypress|X}} key to cut. Many experienced typists can feel or sense when they have made an error and can hit the {{keypress|Backspace}} key and make the correction with no increase in time between keystrokes.