CCS 3

• Home keys


  The F and J keys on the keyboard, which have bumps to help typists locate them without looking
• Familiarizing the home rows

  1. Feel the bumps on the F and J keys with your index fingers

  2. Rest your other fingers on the home row keys

  3. Press the F and J keys continuously

  4. Move your index fingers from F to G and J to H

  5. Type F G J H with a space in between, using your thumb for the space bar
• Never look at the keyboard when touch typing
• Touch typing

  • Typing with eyes fixed on the monitor, having the muscles of your fingers memorized the location of all the characters, symbols and numbers on the keyboard
  • Makes use of all the available fingers on designated keys
  • Significantly improves the speed and accuracy of typing
• The average person types between 38 and 40 words per minute (WPM), which is approximately between 190 and 200 characters per minute (CPM)
• Professional typists type a lot faster — on average between 65 and 75 WPM
• Possessing excellent keyboarding skills is an edge for call center jobs, where agents need to multitask by listening to clients and typing information
• The QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to avoid jamming problems on early typewriters by separating common letter combinations
• The QWERTY layout is the most widely spread keyboard type among computer manufacturers
• Mylyn could only type 30 words per minute


  She failed the typing exam for a call center job
• Mylyn's teacher in TLE-ICT always says "it pays a lot when you master touch typing"
• Left ring finger


  S
• Right ring finger


  L
• Left middle finger

  D
• Right pinky finger


  ;
• Typing practice

  1. Press F and J continuously one after another while other fingers are resting on the other home row keys

  2. Move left index finger from F to G and right index finger from J to H

  3. Type letters F G J H with a space in between, using thumb to reach space bar
• Never look at the keyboard
• Use right pinky finger to reach for the enter key
• Typing practice - home row keys

  1. Left point finger (f and g)

  2. Right point finger (j and h)

  3. Left and right middle finger (d and k)

  4. Left and right ring finger (s and l)

  5. Left and right pinky finger (a and ;)

  6. All home row keys
• Typing practice - top row

  1. Left point finger (r and u)

  2. Right point finger (t and y)

  3. Left and right middle finger (e and i)

  4. Left and right ring finger (w and o)

  5. Left and right pinky finger (q and p)

  6. Home row + Top row
• Typing practice - bottom row


  1. Left point finger (v and b)

  2. Right point finger (m and n)

  3. Left and right middle finger (c and ,)

  4. Left and right ring finger (x and .)

  5. Left and right pinky finger (z and /)

  6. Home row + Bottom row

  7. Home row + Top row + Bottom row
• A pangram is a sentence or verse that contains all the letters in the alphabet
• Practicing pangrams at least 15 to 20 minutes per day would likely improve typing speed and accuracy
• If every typing was learned in a wrong way, it is never too late to unlearn the previous incorrect practice
• To master standard keyboarding, patience is of utmost value
• x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x.
• .x .x .x .x .x .x .x. x .x .x. x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x. x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x .x
• x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x x.x
• .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x. .x.
• z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/ z/
• /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z /z
• z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z/z z
• /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/
• haz man van, can gaz fax lack. hack bag sag/ cham clam blam zab jam chalk
• City of Good Character
• DISCIPLINE • GOOD TASTE • EXCELLENCE
• The following pangrams will help you master all the keys as you practice touch typing each day.
• 1. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
• 2. The jay, pig, fox, zebra and my wolves quack!
• 3. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.