Can you type proper?

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[tyred]

Sort of, I can do it slowly and get along fine but if oI tryu rto ty[er qiuxck;y I temd to male as klot og mustakeds.

 

[Sittingduck]

I'm in the same position - can go at a fair rate but it's hit & miss and I end up taking a bit of time to correct typos all the time. Fat fingers trying to go faster than they should! I found something online that lights up when keystrokes are hit and you go through exercises to teach yourself to touch type. It might surprise you how close you can get to knowing the position of keys without looking. Try it... use the force Luke!

Meanwhile I will try to find the site I mentioned - stand by...

 

[classic33]

Basic at best, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing.
Faster with the one hand than trying to use both. So I don't try to use both.

 

[Penmere]

Some years ago a new job meant I would using a computer so went to adult education classes to learn more about them, the first thing they did was to teach me to touch type. Arthritis means I'm back to two fingers again now tho

 

[Sittingduck]

Ok do i just tries ti do it witjior looking and the resukkts arebt geear, Baxcj ri tge drawung borad!!

 

[yello]

No, and I worked as a computer programmer for 30-ish years.

I use both hands and can get to a fairly decent pace (and regularly switch between French and UK keyboards) but I am by no means a 'proper' typist.

 

[Sea of vapours]

I forget why I did it now, but I taught myself to touch type when I was a teenager. In retrospect, a pretty strange thing to do, but I've felt smug about the skill so often since then that it was very much worth it.

I imagine there are lots of on-line courses, some of which may well be free, but I just used a book with exercises in which essentially start with asdf ;lkj and progress from there. It's just repetition and learned response; easy, but the structure of exercises helps a lot. IIRC, it took about an hour a day for a six week summer holiday to get to a worthwhile speed (60+ words per minute). If you don't want to invest in a 'proper course', the 'just a book' approach can certainly work.

 

[tyred]

I remember seeing a DOS based program when I was at school which helped you to learn to type. I'm sure there must be a modern day equivalent if you wanted it.

 

[ScotiaLass]

[QUOTE 3738563, member: 259"]I mean, type properly, with all your fingers? I've been writing on a keyboard for almost thirty years and i'm still a two-fingered typist, which is a bit embarrassing.

I've often vaguely considered doing a course or getting some software, but I've never actually got round to it. Can anyone recommend a method?[/QUOTE]
No. I use about 3 fingers on ears hand to type so can go quite fast.
Mr SL annoys me as he can touch type - several years of working in Customer Service for Dell etc

 

[Mrs M]

I learnt to touch type pretty fast in "Secretarial Studies" (no laughing) at school.
This all went pear shaped though when I started work as I have phone in one hand, typing with the other.
I can't believe how fast some people can text though, and they're not all younger than me . How do they do that?

 

[Markymark]

I can type about 35 words a minute with 2/3 fingers. I could probably increase it marginally by learning to touch type but I dont think the amount of effort/time required is worth the small reward.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I learnt to touch type pretty fast in "Secretarial Studies" (no laughing) at school.
This all went pear shaped though when I started work as I have phone in one hand, typing with the other.
I can't believe how fast some people can text though, and they're not all younger than me . How do they do that?

Because they use txt speak - fewer letters to type. Personally I can't stand it and anyone who texts me in that way does not get a reply!

 

[anothersam]

[QUOTE 3738563, member: 259"]I mean, type properly, with all your fingers?[/QUOTE]

Yeah. It's probaby the only useful skill I learned in secondary school. Was taught by an ex-nun.

Came in handy when I got a job as a typesetter and the first question in the interview was "Can you type?"

 

[jefmcg]

I forget why I did it now, but I taught myself to touch type when I was a teenager. In retrospect, a pretty strange thing to do, but I've felt smug about the skill so often since then that it was very much worth it.

Similar story for me. I spent a summer with a typewriter (chunk chunk chunk ching!) , and a Pitmans typing manual. Useful skill, but one I wouldn't have patience to learn now.