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Allocation of Keys to Fingers on the Second Row (Home Row)
Place four fingers of each hand on Home Keys. The remaining two keys ‘g’ and ‘h’ on the second row are operated by
the Forefingers (Index Finger) of the left and right hand, respectively.
The fingers of both the hands are kept on the Home Row keys, and the thumb of both the hands are kept on the
Spacebar key. This position of hand in the beginning of the typing is called the Base Position. Keyboards usually have a
small protruding bar, or a dot on the F and J keys to help you locate the base position without looking at the keyboard.
The Left-hand fingers’ base position will be:
• Key A - Left hand’s little finger
• Key S - Left hand’s ring finger
• Key D - Left hand’s middle finger
• Key F - Left hand’s index finger
The Right-hand finger's base position will be:
• Key ; - Right hand’s little finger
• Key L - Right hand’s ring finger
• Key K - Right hand’s middle finger
• Key J - Right hand’s index finger
Some of the important points to keep in mind while using a keyboard, as a typewriter, are listed below:
• Though both the thumbs are placed on the spacebar, but this key can be used by whichever hand is convenient.
• The Shift key is always pressed by using the little finger.
• The Enter and the Apostrophe keys are pressed by using the right hand little finger.
• Whenever the fingers are not typing anything, then they should return to the base position.
Subject: Accelerate your typing speed
Step 1: Place the four fingers of both of your hands on the Home Keys - ASDF and JKL;.
Step 2: Use the index finger of the left and the right hand to use the two keys ‘G’ and ‘H’
Step 3: Type the following text:
ASDFG;LKJH
Step 4: Switch on the timer, and repeat Step 3 on a new line, till you have the same text on the
next 20 lines.
Step 5: Check your speed and note it down.
Step 6: Repeat the above exercise after a day, and see the difference in your typing speed and
typing confidence.
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