Which finger for which key?

Touch typing gives every key to one finger. Your fingers rest on the home row — A, S, D and F for the left hand, J, K, L and the semicolon for the right — and each reaches up and down its own column from there. The small bumps on F and J let you find home without looking.

The chart colours every key by the finger that presses it: the little fingers take the outside columns and keys such as Shift, Enter and Backspace, the index fingers take two columns each — F and G, J and H — and the thumbs share the space bar. Press any key, or pick a finger, and the hands show who owns it, from which home key, and with which Shift.

The rules worth remembering

• Return to the home row after every reach.
• Use the Shift key on the other hand from the letter you are capitalising.
• Keep your eyes on the screen — the colours are there to learn from, not to look at forever.

Related

• The typing course
• Take the typing speed test
• Key Snap — test how well your fingers know the keys

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