Touch typing cheat sheet

Which finger types which key, and which keys make the characters you always look for? For each keyboard, Mac included.

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The fingers on every keyboard

Each colour is a finger, with a letter on it too, so you can tell them apart without colour. Your index fingers rest on F and J.

Belgian AZERTY (Windows)
Fingerslittle fingerring fingermiddle fingerindex fingerthumb
Belgian AZERTY (Mac)
Fingerslittle fingerring fingermiddle fingerindex fingerthumb
US QWERTY
Fingerslittle fingerring fingermiddle fingerindex fingerthumb
US International
Fingerslittle fingerring fingermiddle fingerindex fingerthumb
UK QWERTY (Windows)
Fingerslittle fingerring fingermiddle fingerindex fingerthumb
UK QWERTY (Mac)
Fingerslittle fingerring fingermiddle fingerindex fingerthumb

The characters you look for

AltGr is the right Alt key; on a Mac it is Option. With a dead key you type the accent first and then the letter.

Character	Belgian AZERTY (Windows)	Belgian AZERTY (Mac)	US QWERTY	US International	UK QWERTY (Windows)	UK QWERTY (Mac)
@	`AltGr`+`é(2)`	`@`	`Shift`+`2`	`Shift`+`2`	`Shift`+`'`	`Shift`+`2`
€	`AltGr`+`E`	`Option`+`$`	not available	`AltGr`+`5`	`AltGr`+`4`	`Option`+`2`
é	`é(2)`	`é(2)`	not available	`'`then`E`	`AltGr`+`E`	`Option`+`E`then`E`
ë	`Shift`+`^`then`E`	`Shift`+`^`then`E`	not available	`Shift`+`'`then`E`	not available	`Option`+`U`then`E`
ï	`Shift`+`^`then`I`	`Shift`+`^`then`I`	not available	`Shift`+`'`then`I`	not available	`Option`+`U`then`I`
ü	`Shift`+`^`then`U`	`Shift`+`^`then`U`	not available	`Shift`+`'`then`U`	not available	`Option`+`U`then`U`
ö	`Shift`+`^`then`O`	`Shift`+`^`then`O`	not available	`Shift`+`'`then`O`	not available	`Option`+`U`then`O`
è	`è(7)`	`è(7)`	not available	`then`E`	not available	`Option`+`then`E`
à	`à(0)`	`à(0)`	not available	`then`A`	not available	`Option`+`then`A`
ê	`^`then`E`	`^`then`E`	not available	`Shift`+`6`then`E`	not available	`Option`+`I`then`E`
â	`^`then`A`	`^`then`A`	not available	`Shift`+`6`then`A`	not available	`Option`+`I`then`A`
ô	`^`then`O`	`^`then`O`	not available	`Shift`+`6`then`O`	not available	`Option`+`I`then`O`
û	`^`then`U`	`^`then`U`	not available	`Shift`+`6`then`U`	not available	`Option`+`I`then`U`
î	`^`then`I`	`^`then`I`	not available	`Shift`+`6`then`I`	not available	`Option`+`I`then`I`
ç	`ç(9)`	`ç(9)`	not available	`'`then`C`	not available	`Option`+`C`
Ç	not available	not available	not available	`'`then`Shift`+`C`	not available	`Option`+`Shift`+`C`
É	`AltGr`+`ù`then`Shift`+`E`	not available	not available	`'`then`Shift`+`E`	`AltGr`+`Shift`+`E`	`Option`+`E`then`Shift`+`E`
È	`AltGr`+`µ`then`Shift`+`E`	`then`Shift`+`E`	not available	`then`Shift`+`E`	not available	`Option`+`then`Shift`+`E`
Ê	`^`then`Shift`+`E`	`^`then`Shift`+`E`	not available	`Shift`+`6`then`Shift`+`E`	not available	`Option`+`I`then`Shift`+`E`
À	`AltGr`+`µ`then`Shift`+`A`	`then`Shift`+`A`	not available	`then`Shift`+`A`	not available	`Option`+`then`Shift`+`A`
\	`AltGr`+`<`	`Option`+`Shift`+`:`	`\`	`\`	`\`	`\`
\|	`AltGr`+`&(1)`	`Option`+`Shift`+`L`	`Shift`+`\`	`Shift`+`\`	`Shift`+`\`	`Shift`+`\`
#	`AltGr`+`"(3)`	`Shift`+`@`	`Shift`+`3`	`Shift`+`3`	`#`	`Option`+`3`
{	`AltGr`+`ç(9)`	`Option`+`((5)`	`Shift`+`[`	`Shift`+`[`	`Shift`+`[`	`Shift`+`[`
}	`AltGr`+`à(0)`	`Option`+`)`	`Shift`+`]`	`Shift`+`]`	`Shift`+`]`	`Shift`+`]`
[	`AltGr`+`^`	`Option`+`Shift`+`((5)`	`[`	`[`	`[`	`[`
]	`AltGr`+`$`	`Option`+`Shift`+`)`	`]`	`]`	`]`	`]`
~	`AltGr`+`=`then`Space`	`Option`+`N`then`Space`	`Shift`+`	`Shift`+`then`Space`	`Shift`+`#`	`Shift`+`

The fingers on every keyboard

Belgian AZERTY (Windows)

Belgian AZERTY (Mac)

US QWERTY

US International

UK QWERTY (Windows)

UK QWERTY (Mac)

The characters you look for