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Hi Paul,

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Paul O'Donnell wrote:

> I don't know which fingers to use to press these keys. It seems obvious
> to me that the baby finger of the opposite hand should be used for the
> Control key, but what about the Alt key? The thumb of the opposite hand
> maybe?

You're right.

> I don't want to download typing tutorial software.

Are there tutorials for typing computer keyboards? AFAIK there's
only material for typewriter.

S=F6ren.