Try to locate the right key with your fingers. Title: Microsoft Word - proper-finger-placement-on-the-keyboard. Your hand should be raised above the keyboard with your fingers curving down to point. Left Hand Keys Right Hand Keys Caps Lock Shift ctrl Shift ctrl (5 Computer Lab. Upper-case letters and symbols appearing on keys in the numbers row are typed by one hand with the little finger of the other hand holding down the Shift key. Position your right hand so that your index finger is placed on j, your. The most important thing is to place your forefingers in the middle of the third row of keys (counting from the bottom).The numeric pad simplifies and speeds up numerical data input. The base position on the numeric pad is the number 5 key for the middle finger, 4 for the index finger, and 6 for the ring finger. Hands positioning over Qwerty keyboard - Left hand is position over left hand home row keys with left forefinger lightly touching F key, middle finger D key.Use the thumb of whichever hand is more convenient for you to press the Space key. The right index finger is reserved for green keys, and so forth. The left index finger is reserved for all the red keys. Colour coding shows which finger should press each key ( see the picture above ). Try to return your fingers to the base position after each keystroke. Control (Ctrl) Alternate(Alt) It is used to combine with other keys to perform a specific. They help your fingers locate the base position without looking at the keyboard. Numeric key pad It allows faster typing of number using only one hand. Always return to the starting position of the fingers ASDF JKL. Keyboards usually have small protrusions on the F and J keys. Keyboard scheme Hit keys only with the fingers for which they have been reserved. The F, D, S, A, and J, K, L, keys (on a QWERTY keyboard) represent the base position.

Keyboard typing finger position