Practice Keyboarding

Page 2: Home Row

Q W E R T Y U I O P

Top Row

CAP LOCK A S D  

F

 

G H  

J

 

K L :

;

"

'

Home Row

Place the pinky finger of your left hand on the A

Place the pinky finger of your right hand on the ;.

Curl your fingers slightly.  Place the index finger of your left hand on the F.

 Place your index finger of  your right hand on the J.

 Let the middle fingers of your left hand rest on the S and the D.

 Let the middle fingers of your right hand rest on the K and the L.

Lightly rest your thumbs on the space bar and keep your palms from touching.

Your fingers are now in the HOME POSITION.

Practice pressing each key in the HOME ROW with the correct finger on the keyboard. Scroll up to see the row. Look at the screen, not the keys.

SHIFT Z X C V B N M <

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SHIFT

Bottom Row

Control

   

Space bar

      Control

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