3D 90 QWERTY Key Layout & Finger Use
Conversion Exercise from SHOLES QWERTY TO Maltron QWERTY
Instructions for working through the exercises.
Keyboard Layout and Finger Use.
Think of your fingers numbered as shown in the previous diagrams. The index fingers each have two numbers because they key letters on two of the vertical columns. They 'home' on the 'f' and 'j' and each index finger stretches from the home key to five other letter keys and two numbers.
Finger Movements
All finger movements should be mini-movements. That is each finger should only move the distance required to depress the key and to allow the key up again. Only one finger should move at a time.
Just stretch fingers forward and back to reach the upper and lower rows. Do not lift the fingers, only stretch them. Move only one finger at a time until your fingers have become accustomed to the slight changes in direction.
To induce these single finger mini-movements we recommend that while you do the conversion exercises you should, before keying, read through each line. While reading, with fingers on the home keys, finger each key. That means thinking of the position of each letter and moving the finger slightly to the correct key to confirm the position. This movement should not be heavy enough for actual keying.
'Finger keying' is a powerful way of developing neuro-muscular pathways. So do use this simple technique to aid rapid development of these pathways.
Instructions for working through the exercises.
Keyboard Layout and Finger Use.
Think of your fingers numbered as shown in the previous diagrams. The index fingers each have two numbers because they key letters on two of the vertical columns. They 'home' on the 'f' and 'j' and each index finger stretches from the home key to five other letter keys and two numbers.
Finger Movements
All finger movements should be mini-movements. That is each finger should only move the distance required to depress the key and to allow the key up again. Only one finger should move at a time.
Just stretch fingers forward and back to reach the upper and lower rows. Do not lift the fingers, only stretch them. Move only one finger at a time until your fingers have become accustomed to the slight changes in direction.
To induce these single finger mini-movements we recommend that while you do the conversion exercises you should, before keying, read through each line. While reading, with fingers on the home keys, finger each key. That means thinking of the position of each letter and moving the finger slightly to the correct key to confirm the position. This movement should not be heavy enough for actual keying.
'Finger keying' is a powerful way of developing neuro-muscular pathways. So do use this simple technique to aid rapid development of these pathways.