How to Enhance Your Keyboarding Skill

Last Updated: August 28, 2019

Keyboarding skills are a set of skills required to operate a keyboard smoothly while typing. This includes understanding your computer keyboard layout and its functions.Keyboarding is a skill which is required whenever you need to type. Make sure to keep you arms at home row, master that, then move on.

Steps

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To learn your computer keyboard better, open a blank microsoft word document. Start with your home row keys, the most important set of keys on the keyboard. Your left hand’s fingers should be placed on a, s, d, f and right hand’s fingers on j, k, l.
- Your each finger should return to the home row position after typing other keys.
- Place your left index finger on the F key while right index finger on the j key. Only to type g and h, your both index finger will move, otherwise not.
- The top row keys come above home row keys. In your left hand, type q, w, e, r, t and in your right hand type y, u, i, o, p.
- The bottom row keys come below home rows. Left hand keys are z, x, c, v, b and right hand keys are nm, . /
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Now use your fingers above and below to reach to the other keys while keeping your fingers on the ‘home row’ only.
- you can learn this also from the web. Some online courses display a printed keyboard on their websites as a teaching tool where a few letters and numbers are colored to help you learn more effectively.
- online courses also teach you how to use your fingers for speedy typing.
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You can type alphabets, numbers and anything you want using all the keys. It does not matter what you are writing. Keep practicing and try to touch each and every letter.
- For typing capital letters, press the shift key.
- informal writing helps you learn more quickly as you don’t have to concentrate on the keyboard rather on screen.
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Most important thing: don’t look at your keyboard while typing.

Community Q&A

Question

How can I improve my typing speed?

Community Answer

The best thing is to first memorize the order of the letters on a QWERTY keyboard, and then start practicing.
Question

What are some easy ways to learn how to type?

C Grace

Community Answer

Just follow the directions in this article closely. The more you practice, the easier typing will become.
Question

How do I move a sentence to another section?

Community Answer

First highlight the sentence you want to move, copy (Ctrl+ C) and then paste (Ctrl + V) where you want it.

Warnings

In today's world, almost every job requires you to be able to type accurately on computer.And if you don't enhance your keyboarding skill, you will be just thrown out.

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