Exercises for Advanced Typing Practice

Type these into Microsoft Word, using a separate document for each of the items. Arrange this window and the word processor's window so that you can see them both.

The Attitude You Bring A short (187 words) piece of wisdom from Ralph Marston.

Aesop's Fables Several very short fables.

The Tell-Tale Heart A short story by Edgar Allen Poe. Don't have nightmares!

The Raven The famous, fabulous poem by Edgar Allen Poe about grieving for lost love.

A Dog's Tale A short story by Mark Twain. Although considered a short story, it still has over 4000 words.

Lists and Numbers These are hard, but they represent an important type of keyboarding called data entry.

A Scandal in Bohemia The first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Country of the Blind by H. G. Wells.

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.