Basic Position in Ten Finger Typing

We begin learning touch typing with basic position. Make sure that you understand this concept.

• Feel the bumps on the F and J keys.
• The bumps are there to guide you to position your fingers on the keyboard without looking.
• Place your index fingers on the F and J keys. The other fingers should be placed on the keyboard as shown in the figure.
• Your fingers should lightly touch the keys.
• This is the "Basic Position". When not typing or after pressing a key your fingers should always return to the basic position.
• Ten finger touch typing can be summarized as: basic position and then press a key, then basic position again. And so forth.