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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
When did the ctrl key become part of touch-typing?
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Circa 1977 and the early word processors.
People used to complain about the layout of the enhanced 101-key that is now the PC standard because it moved ctrl from above the left shift to below, which meant a bigger stretch for their left pinky.
We had to buy a programable layout keyboard for the secretary. It took her years to switch over. Windows and the need to take the hands off the keyboard for the mouse did the trick. That and the corporate switch from Word Perfect to MS Office.
Lots of people still like it above.
Edit: Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control...ion_of_the_key