⌨️ Lesson: Type the Period (.)
The period (.) is typed with .. Use your right ring finger — no Shift needed. These 4 exercises take it from a single tap to real-world uses, with a live keyboard showing the exact fingers.
How to Type the Period (.) Correctly
The period — also called full stop, dot, point — lives on the bottom row of a standard US keyboard. Tap the . key with your right ring finger — no Shift needed. It sits right of the comma. Tap it with your right ring finger.
The period ends sentences, separates file extensions and appears in decimals and web addresses. Practising it now means you can type it without looking down when you meet it in emails, code, passwords or documents.
Note: keys can move on non-US layouts (UK, German, French and others), so if the symbol does not appear, check that your keyboard language is set to US English.
Press the . key with your right ring finger. No Shift is needed.
Your right ring finger types the . key. It does not need Shift.
The period ends sentences, separates file extensions and appears in decimals and web addresses.
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