How to operate
A Computer Keyboard
Learn the Basics of Touch Typing with KeyBlaze
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for most of us the first time that we
use a keyboard we are staring down at it
searching for each letter and using our
index fingers when we finally find it we
stare an amazement at people who would
never look at their flying fingers
perfectly typing at 75 words per minute
with practice everyone can achieve speed
and perfection and like most things you
have to start at the beginning with the
basics each of your fingers has a HOME
key where it should rest when it is not
being used we'll start with your left
hand
the pinky sits on the a the ring finger
sits on the S the middle finger on the D
and the index finger on the egg your
thumb sits on the spacebar now let's go
over your right hand the pinky sets on
the semicolon the ring finger on the L
the middle finger on the K and the index
finger on the J the right thumb also
sits on the space fire your fingers
should be curved and the palm of your
hand should float above the keyboard to
help you find your finger placement
without looking at the keyboard most
keyboards have a small raised or
indented dot on the F and J Keys the
first lessons in key Blaze help you
become comfortable with the entire home
row including G and H you will use your
left index finger for G and your right
index finger for H instead of staring at
your keyboard trying to remember which
finger is on which key look at the
keyboard on the screen the key will
light up in blue and the hand will show
you which finger you should use if you
make a mistake no problem
keyblades highlights the backspace key
and demonstrates that you should use
your right pinky to erase the mistake
and try again once you complete the
lesson you have the option to repeat the
exercise start the next exercise or skip
an exercise for new users we recommend
doing each exercise until you are
completely comfortable the
repetition makes it so that your fingers
can find the keys before you even
realize that you are thinking about it
once you have perfected the home row you
will learn the other letters assigned to
each finger the colored zones in this
image show you which keys belong to
which finger you probably notice that
you have two options for the spacebar
use the thumb of the opposite hand used
to type the last letter of a word to
press the spacebar for example if you
are typing the word hand you use your
left middle finger to type the D in this
case use your right thumb to type a
space after the word as you are learning
remember to focus on accuracy speed will
naturally increase as you become
confident with your hand placement
continue working your way through each
set of lessons and soon you will know
the top row bottom row capital letters
numbers symbols and even the ten key
numeric keyboard in addition to the home
row as you are practicing remember to
stay relaxed and tap each key lightly
tensing your arms wrists or fingers is
exhausting and will slow you down
excessive force is not only destructive
to your keyboard but will also slow you
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