The Home Row (Theory); Lesson 1 - VTech Type-right Manual

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LESSON 1
THE HOME ROW
(THEORY)
Home is where you go when you have nothing else to do—when the
movie is over or the fun is finished. Then you go home. You rest
there and get ready to do the next exciting thing. It's the very same
in typing. As soon as you finish doing something, you go HOME.
HOME, in typing, is the place where your finger tips lightly touch the
AS D F J K L ; keys and rest when they are not typing anything. Just
put your finger tips lightly on the keys so your finger numbers cor-
respond to the following letters:
The thumb which you plan to use for spacing should be placed above
the middle of the long space key, but should not touch the space key
when in the HOME position. This is because the hands must be
slightly raised in order to allow for upper and lower keyboard strok-
ing. The thumb that is not being used should be kept out of the way.
That's HOME. Please take the HOME ROW position right now.
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