At the initiation of a task, an application, or a new display, the user should be able to immediately determine the location of the text entry cursor. Following the initial placement of the text entry cursor, the position of the cursor should be under the user's control.
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For example, the cursor might be placed initially at the first data field in a data form, at the upper left corner of a blank display in a word processing task, and immediately following the last character of a word processing display containing alphanumeric characters.