From the course: Learning Typing (2014)
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Home row keys extended
- At this point, it's time to expand the home row a little bit and give our index fingers and right pinky finger some extra responsibilities. With your fingers lightly resting on the home row, you'll notice that there are two keys in the center of the keyboard that break the home row into its left and right sides, the G and H keys. These keys are typed with the index finger closest to the corresponding key. For example, the left index finger is used to type the G key, and the right index finger is used to type the H key. Remember, once a key stroke is made, the finger should always return to its initial position on the home row. As you can see, when I type the letter G, my index finger moves slightly to the right to rest on the G key. All of my other fingers remain in their home row position, and after the G key is pressed, my index finger returns to the home row. The same goes for the H key, as I type it with my right index finger. There's one last character on the home row that we…
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