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Unit 2. Keyboarding


Topic B: The base position



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The Home Row

The home row is the set of keys that are the base position for fingers. These are the keys located on the middle row of the keyboard.

Home Row keyboard

"The home row keys on the keyboard are A, S, D, and F on the left and J, K, L, and the semicolon (;) on the right."

Home Row Keys

Finger names

Hand labelled

Touch Typing Rules

Colour-coded chart

Keyboard labelled 2
Hand labelled2

Typing Speed

Ways to improve typing speed

Take online typing tests

Image Descriptions

Home row image description: the base position keys for the left hand are:

The base position keys for the right hand are:

Labelled keyboard image description: standard keyboard with the keys grouped into sections labelled A to I from left to right. Each section corresponds to a finger that would press the keys in that section.

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