How it works
These touch typing lessons teach the letter keys in 16 steps, two new keys a lesson, one for each hand. As keyboard typing lessons go they are short: 40 to 65 words each, using only keys already taught.
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Typing lesson one, then the next
1. Click the box and type the text. Lesson 1 is F and J, the two keys with raised marks. 2. The run ends with the text and shows words per minute and accuracy. 3. Under More options, open Passage and pick the next lesson, or skip ahead.
From beginning typing lessons to full keyboard typing practice
Lessons 1 to 5 are key patterns on the home row. Lessons 6 to 10 add the top row in real words. Lessons 11 to 15 add the bottom row, the comma, the period and both Shift keys. Lesson 16 is five sentences with every letter.
- In lessons 1 to 14 the two new keys belong to the same finger of each hand.
- For a capital, the other hand holds Shift: the right Shift for A, the left Shift for J.
Questions and answers
Are these typing lessons for adults?
Yes. The words are plain grown-up vocabulary, such as quarter, museum and oxygen, and nothing is marked against an age or a grade. For children, typing for kids covers the same three rows in four stages.
Is there a typing lessons PDF?
Your browser makes one. Finish the lesson you want, press Print sheet under your result and choose Save as PDF. As printable typing lessons, each sheet has the text in large type, a name and date line, and a score table.
Is this keyboard practice for beginners?
Yes. Lesson 1 assumes nothing: two keys, F and J, one under each index finger. These are QWERTY typing lessons, so the key order and the finger for each key follow the United States layout.
Do these work as senior typing lessons?
Yes. No clock runs, no account is needed and the first lesson uses two keys only. Any lesson can be typed again as often as you like before you move to the next one.
How do the lessons teach typing without looking?
Eight fingers rest on A S D F and J K L ;, and the index fingers find F and J by their raised marks. Every other key is a reach from that row and back, so each lesson adds one reach a hand.