Touch Typing Lesson 29: @ and & Keys
This typing lesson will teach you how to touch type with the @ [at sign] and & [ampersand] keys. If you already know the keyboard, try our our medical terminology drills or symbol drills for more relevant practice exercises.
Instructions:
- Begin with your fingers on the home row.
- The '@' key is two rows above the 'S' key (use your left ring finger), stretch up while holding the shift key down to hit it.
- The '&' key is two rows above the 'J' key (use your right index finger), stretch up while holding the shift key down to hit it.
- Once you learn where these keys are, try to type them without looking at your fingers. Scroll down if needed to type the following:
- When you feel confident you can type these keys without looking, go on to the next lesson.
Sample Data Entry Test Prompt
sss sws s2s s2s 222 s2@ s2@ s@s s@s 2@2 s@s s2s s2s s@s jjj juj j7j j7j 777 j7& j7& j&j 7&7 &7& j&j j7j j7& j&j Ray & Campbell brucew@hotmail.org aquaman@yahoo.us aquaman@yahoo.us ckent@comcast.biz mickey.mouse@yahoo.us Vaughn & Nichols Sandoval & Schwartz aquaman@charter.me ckent@yahoo.us ckent@gmail.com brucew@hotmail.org West & Frazier mickey.mouse@gmail.me batman@gmail.org Parks & Holland Townsend & Thomas Compeland & Black aquaman@yahoo.me Doyle & Rodriquez l.lane@charter.com Neal & Powell aquaman@yahoo.me Elliott & Mann Elliott & MannLoad Test