Can you type proper?

[User10119]

Two freebies:
BBC Bitesize dance mat typing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
Tux Typing - http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/tuxtype/

I don't touch type although I do, these days, tend to use something vaguely resembling all my fingers to type with and generally not look down much - which causes all sorts of weirdness when I use other ppl's pooters, as happens all the time in work. I've also found that lots of people find my laptop tricky to type on. 4 years ago I made work get me a slightly smaller one than is typical as I needed to cart it around on my bike, so the keyboard is more compact than people expect. And I've typed so much on it over the years that the home row keys are mostly unlabelled these days...

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I learned to touch-type in my early 20s, and it has served me well since. My typing speed has never been exceptionally fast, at about 50 words/minute maximum, but given my job requires me to write software code and produce the occasional MS Word document, that's all I need.

The touch-typing course I did used non-digital typewriters, and then towards the end of the course we were allowed to use a touch-typing program running on MS Dos 3.1 (very technological, in those days).

 

[w00hoo_kent]

My cousin taught himself to touch type on a portable typewriter and then financed most of his Uni extras in the mid 80's by typing up other peoples work for them of an evening. He wasn't what you'd call a wild student.

 

[Markymark]

I use six fingers and my right thumb. And the same when I'm typing

You come from Norfolk and only use one hand?

 

[tyred]

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

nope, don't see a problem with that.

 

[Mark1978]

I'm at about 70wpm (Software engineer). I think i learned to touch type when i was about 10 after seeing Whoopie Goldberg pretending to do it in Jumping Jack Flash.

 

[Dave7]

Yes
When I left school 53 years ago (aged 15) I had I had abolutely no qualifications. I got an office job and "had" to go to night school. It was a choice of English & history or English & typing so.............
I got up to 35 words per minute and passed my ULCA.
It has come in handy over the years but I can't remember why