Editing Touch typing (section)

=== Home row <span class="anchor" id="Top row"></span><span class="anchor" id="Bottom row"></span>===
[[File:MS Natural Keyboard Pro.JPG|thumb|right|Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro, {{Circa|1999|lk=no}}]]
The "'''home row'''" is the center row of keys on a [[typewriter]] or [[computer keyboard]]. On the most common type of [[English language]] keyboard, the [[QWERTY]] layout, "{{keypress|[[A]]}} {{keypress|[[S]]}} {{keypress|[[D]]}} {{keypress|[[F]]}}" and "{{keypress|[[J]]}} {{keypress|[[K]]}} {{keypress|[[L]]}} {{keypress|[[Semicolon|;]]}}" are the '''home keys''' on the home row.

The middle row of the [[computer keyboard|keyboard]] is termed "home row" because [[Data entry clerk|typists]] are trained to keep their fingers on these keys and return to them after pressing any other key that is not on the home row. The home row is also called the middle row because it is located in the middle between the '''top row'''{{efn|The top row is slightly counterintuitively named, in that it is only on top relative to the middle and bottom rows of the letter keys layout; however it sits below the numbers row, which on modern computer keyboards most often is itself located below a [[function key]]s row.}}—further back from the typist—and '''bottom row'''{{efn|Like the top row ({{abbr|q.v.|quod vide, i.e. which see}}), the bottom row is slightly counterintuitively named, in that the row actually closest to the typist is the one the space bar is on. This is technically below the so-called bottom row.}} – closer to the typist.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/h/hrk.htm#what | title=What is the Home Row Keys? }}</ref>

Some keyboards have a small bump on certain keys of the home row. This helps returning the fingers to the home row for touch typing.

For instance, to type the word ''poll'' on a QWERTY keyboard, one would place all of one's [[finger]]s on the home row. (The [[right hand]] should be covering "{{keypress|[[J]]}} {{keypress|[[K]]}} {{keypress|[[L]]}} {{keypress|[[Semicolon|;]]}}" with the right [[thumb]] on the {{keypress|[[space bar]]}} while the left hand covers "{{keypress|[[A]]}} {{keypress|[[S]]}} {{keypress|[[D]]}} {{keypress|[[F]]}}" with the left [[thumb]] on the {{keypress|[[space bar]]}}.) The typist will then use their [[little finger]] to reach for the "{{keypress|[[P]]}}" key located just above the [[semicolon]] and then return the [[little finger]] back to the [[semicolon]] key from which it originated. The [[ring finger]], located on the "{{keypress|[[L]]}}" key will be moved directly upwards to press the "{{keypress|[[O]]}}" key and then back. Finally, the same [[ring finger]] will remain on the "{{keypress|[[L]]}}" key and press it twice. Experienced [[Data entry clerk|typists]] can do this at speeds of over 100 words per minute.<ref>[http://org.intersteno.it/page.php/id_primario-38/id_secondario-205/language-inglese/ Competition Classifications Lists], Official portal for Intersteno people</ref>