

They have room for your legs only just below the drop-down rack. However, many of these desks with keyboard racks assume you only want space for a normal keyboard centered in front of your body. NOTE! You cannot use those keyboards that split the keyboard in two halves.ĭrop-down racks for the keyboard are terrific! I could not get through a full day at work without one. If your desk area will not allow the keyboard to sit where it needs to, get a compact keyboard. Position the keyboard so the F G H J keys on the keyboard are directly under your hand. Ideally, it is also not reaching upwards, but coming straight out. Your arm should not be reaching forward, left, or right. Keeping your elbow pressed lightly at your side, take your typing arm and lift just the lower arm up naturally. To find just the right place for your keyboard, sit at your work area, and allow your arms to hang down. You center 'HOME BASE,' on the keyboard (HOME BASE is the four keys in the very center of all the letters - F G H J), just about straight out from your hip. If you use the left hand, it will offset to the left.

If you use the right hand, it offsets to the right. The keyboard for a one-handed typist is offset to the side, depending on which hand the typist uses. If you were using two-hands, the keyboard would center straight out from your belly button - the middle of your body. Keyboard: Offset It To The Side Of Your Body!

Some of that information is below, without the practice areas.įree Downloads | Order | Child One Hand Typist It allows you to practice your drills right on your computer screen within the "book." It is a big document, and takes a few minutes to download.
Typing fingers placement chart manual#
You can download the first 50 pages of the ebook version of the One Hand Typing Manual manual. Each finger needs to learn which keys are it's job, and where they are on the keyboard without looking. See the numbers in the black bar at the top of our graphic for the other keys to which each finger is assigned.Įvery finger has a set keys - letters and numbers - as it's specfic responsibility. Finger One also handles all the keys above, below and to the left of F, so the number 4 over to the number 1. If you are a Left One Handed Typist, your pinkie is Finger One. If you are a Right One Handed Typist, your pointer finger is Finger One, and it's homebase key is F. See the numbers in black at the top of the image below? Each finger is given a number. Use the four fingers on your able hand to set on FGHJ. In one hand typing your homebase is FGHJ.
Typing fingers placement chart manuals#
Software, ebook, or printed comb-bound manuals One Hand QWERTY Touch Typing
