Which finger should type which letter?

The information below shows you the proper way to place your fingers to type letters, numbers, and special characters efficiently. Your left-hand fingers should be placed over the A, S, D, and F keys and the right-hand fingers should be placed over the J, K, L, and ; keys. These keys are considered the home row keys.

Where do fingers go on the keyboard?

It is important to position your hands on the keyboard correctly. Your fingers must be in the middle row of your keyboard on the “home keys”: Starting with your left hand, place your little finger on key A, ring finger on S, middle finger on D and index finger on F. Your thumb must rest on the Space bar.

What are the different home key positions?

The home row keys are the row of keys on the computer keyboard your fingers rest on when not typing. For example, on the standard QWERTY United States keyboard, the home row keys for your left hand are A, S, D, and F and your right hand are J, K, l, and ; (semicolon). For both hands, the thumbs rest on the spacebar.

What is it called when you type with one finger?

Touch typing (also called touch type or touch keyboarding) is a style of typing. Both two-handed touch typing and one-handed touch typing are possible.