All lessons·Lesson 13 of 15
The X and period keys
X belongs to the left ring finger and is on the bottom row: reach for it and come straight back to the home row. period belongs to the right ring finger and is on the bottom row: reach for it and come straight back to the home row.
- Gross WPM
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- Accuracy
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- Wrong words left in
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- Keystrokes / hour
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- Time
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About this lesson
Lesson 13 of 15 adds X and period. After it you know 26 keys. Too few real words use only these keys yet, so this drill is made of short key groups. Words arrive in lesson 6.
The drill is forty items long and is generated afresh every time, so you practise the keys rather than memorise a line. Faded keys on the keyboard are ones you have not met yet.
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