Impress your friends and family by learning
how to type faster! The following steps will increase your ability to
touch-type at a faster speed. If you follow the steps in this article, over
time you will become a better typist, able even to correct errors while looking
at the screen instead of the keyboard.
Leaning to type
Place your fingers in the "home"
position. That's the position in which your fingers will rest between
keystrokes. No matter what part of the keyboard you're using, your fingers will
always come back to rest in this position. Place your right index finger on the
"J" key and let the other three fingers fall naturally onto the
"K", "L" and ";" keys respectively. Place your
left index finger on the "F" key and let the other three finger fall
naturally onto the "D", "S", and "A" keys
respectively. Both thumbs should rest on the space bar, but only the right
thumb should key it.
You should feel a raised bump on both the
"F" and "J" keys. These will allow your fingers to find the
home position without having to look at the keyboard. Type each key from left
to right. Type each letter covered by the fingers in the home position, going
from left to right: a s d f j k l ;. You shouldn't have to move your fingers
from their home positions. Just press the keys they are resting on. Repeat, but
this time capitalize. Repeat the step above, but this time in capital letters:
A S D F J K L :. Use the shift key to capitalize rather than the caps lock.
Push the shift key by moving only your nearest pinkie finger and pressing and
holding it while pushing the desired letter with your other hand.
In other words, when the letter you would
like capitalized is typed with your left hand, you press the right shift key
with your right pinkie. When the letter you would like capitalized is typed
with your right hand, you press the left shift key with your left pinkie. Become
familiar with the rest of the alphabet. Learn where each letter is positioned
on the keyboard, and use the nearest finger to contact each key.
"q" "a" and "z"
are typed with the left pinkie, and so are the tab, caps lock, and shift keys. "w"
"s" and "x" are typed with the left ring finger. "e"
"d" and "c" are typed with the left middle finger. "r"
"f" "v" "b" "g" and "t" are
typed with the left index finger. Your thumbs should never leave the space bar.
"u" "j" "n" "m" "h" and
"y" are typed with your right index finger. "i"
"k" and the keys with "," and "<" are typed
with the right middle finger. "o" "l" and the keys with
">" and "." are typed with the right ring finger. Your
right pinkie finger is used for typing: "p", ";",
":", "'", """, "/", "?",
"[", "{", "]", "}", "\",
"|", and is used for pressing the shift, enter, and backspace keys.
Type your first sentence. Starting from the
home position, type: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".
This sentence contains every letter in the alphabet, so it's a perfect sentence
for practicing the correct finger positioning. Type the sentence over and over,
watching your fingers to make sure they go to the right keys and immediately
return to home position. Once you begin to feel comfortable with the way your
fingers are moving, try to look at the screen while you type rather than
looking at the keyboard. This is known as touch typing.
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