After that is done we will start with learning of the keyboard. Literally millions (maybe billions) of people have learned the "Home Row" method of keying, and that is how you are going to learn to key in here. This is not a method that I have developed or created...instead this method of learning to key has been in existence for many, many years. Your parents probably learned to key the same way, although they may have learned on a typewriter instead of a computer.
To give you a little history...the keyboard that you are using is called the QWERTY keyboard. It has been in existence for over 125 years (created in 1875) and is by far and away the most commonly used keyboard.
There is another keyboard layout (it is called the DVORAK keyboard), but it has not been in existence as long as the QWERTY keyboard, and it is not as popular in its use.
Learning to key is a skill - just like playing an instrument or playing a sport - and therefore it takes practice, and lots of it, to become good at it. My goal is to help you get better, but I can't help you get better if you don't TRY to get better yourself. In other words, you have to make an effort to improve - it doesn't just happen.
Today we will start with the home row and learn to use the keys on the home row as well as how to arrange our work station.
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