How it works
Typing letters one at a time: all 26 have a text of their own, so a key that keeps going wrong can be drilled alone. The page opens on A, and no clock runs.
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Letter typing, one key at a time
1. Type the text in the box. It opens on A: aaa four times, then words from able to alphabet. 2. When the text ends you get words per minute and accuracy. 3. Under More options, open Passage and choose any letter. Each entry names the finger that types it.
What each letter's text holds
A drill first: the finger leaves its home key, presses the letter and returns, as in frf for R. Then five words that start with the letter, five with it inside, five that end in it and five that hold it twice. English is short of some of these for J, Q, V and X, so theirs are split differently.
- A, S, D, F, J, K and L are home keys with no reach to drill, so their line is three taps of the key.
Questions and answers
Which finger types Y, and which types P?
On a QWERTY keyboard the right index finger types Y, reaching up and to the left from J, and the right little finger types P, up from the semicolon. Both are top row keys.
Is this for typing a letter to someone?
No. Here a letter is a key, A to Z. For letters as documents, the secretary typing test times you on office papers, among them letters with reference and copy lines.
How is this different from typing the alphabet?
Type the alphabet is one timed run from A to Z, each letter once. Here you stay on a single letter for a whole text of 24 words.
Does it work on a keyboard that is not QWERTY?
The words do, since each is chosen for a letter and not for where a key sits. The drill lines and finger names follow QWERTY: on AZERTY, QWERTZ or Dvorak the home key in the drill will be a different one.