How to Learn Typing
Typing, or keyboarding, is an important skill to learn, especially today when computers are so prevalent. Almost every job requires keyboarding skills, even if they don't want you to be computer literate. So, buckle down and learn the steps to get you typing up a storm.
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Instructions
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Basic Keys Finger Placement
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Begin to practice "Touch Typing" by learning the placement of your fingers on the keyboard. The ultimate goal is to type without looking at your fingers. You will feel more comfortable doing things this way the more you practice.
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Place your hands on the second row from the bottom of the keyboard to begin. This is your base. Your fingers always reach from this position and return after you have struck the key. Keeping your fingers grounded on these keys maintains a keyboarding platform for you to continue. You only move one finger at a time and replace it on the correct key before using another.
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Start with your left hand and place your little finger on the A key. Your other left hand fingers will follow on S, D and F. Go on to your right hand placement, starting with your little finger resting on the semi-colon (;) key. Place the rest of your fingers on L, K and J.
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Reach down when you want to type the keys on the row above the space bar. Keeping your hands stationed on the original row, use your left hand's small finger to type a Z. The next fingers will type the X, C and V. The left index finger will further reach to get the B.
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Pull the right hand down slightly, while still holding your place on the second row of keys. Reach down with the little finger for the backslash (/) key. Other fingers, moving from the right, will type the period (.), comma (,) and M. The index finger will reach further to also type the N.
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Notice the G and the H. When you need to use these, you will move the index finger that is closest to that key. In other words, the left hand index finger will press the G, while the right has the H. Press the space bar anytime you need it by using one or the other of your thumbs.
Special Keys Finger Placement
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Think about the placement of the numbers. The left hand uses the nearest fingers to access the numbers 1 through 5. Numbers 6 through 0 are the responsibility of the right hand. You can press "-" and the "=" with the little finger.
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Remove characters you typed incorrectly by using the backspace key. If you need to remove anything from the right of the cursor, press the Delete key. Use the Shift key to make a capital letter. Press down the Caps Lock key when you want all of your letters to be upper case.
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Look at the number keys. Each has a special character above it. If you want to make a special character, press the Shift key and the number key that shows below the special character. If there are any extra keys, just use the closest finger to type them.
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Use the Tab key to move several spaces ahead, after you have set the parameters of how many spaces you want it to go between tabs. The Return key goes to the next line.
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Tips & Warnings
The only way you can type without watching the keys or gain any speed at all is to practice--a lot. Practice by typing various phrases of text. The first few times, practice by simply reaching for the individual keys.
