How do you hit modifier keys when touch typing?

Posted by Bob Ueland on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Bob Ueland
Published on 2014-06-02T20:05:18Z Indexed on 2014/06/02 21:31 UTC
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I am a programmer and I want to learn to touch type. As all programmers know, using modifier keys like Control, Command and Alt are essential. When programming I think that every second or third word I use involves a modifier key. But most touch typing learning software do not address these keys, it is as if they do not exist. Not only do they not let you practice them, they do not even tell you which fingers to use to hit them. Actually there is a touch typing game that I use called StarTyper (http://lidenanna.com) that lets you practice modifier keys and even make up your own custom words containing modifier keys. But not even this game tells you which fingers to use when hitting the modifier keys.

Has anybody addressed this problem. Or are there just homespun methods that work for one person but not for the other?

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