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Backslash and vertical bar
On a US keyboard, the [ \ ] key sits above [Enter]. To strike it, move your right pinky. After the keystroke, the finger goes back over [ ; ].
To type [ | ], hold the left [Shift] first, then strike the same key with your right pinky. Afterwards your fingers go back to their places.
On a UK keyboard, the [ \ ] and [ | ] key sits between the left [Shift] and [ Z ]. Strike it with your left pinky, and for [ | ] hold the right [Shift].
What this lesson teaches
- Place in the course
- Advanced course › Numbers and symbols · exercise 103 of 109
- Characters practiced
- ;\Space|pEnterE:MusicnamegCUrWdo+12
- Text length
- 406 characters
About this lesson
New keys in the course:
- \ - right pinky
- | - right pinky
Exercise text: 72 words, 406 characters, 34 distinct characters not counting spaces.
For people who touch type all the letters. Numbers and top-row symbols come in handy for dates, amounts, addresses and code.
Before this lesson: Underscore and plus sign. After it: Less-than and greater-than signs.
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