Touch typing

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Touch typing

Have you ever had a situation like that you have to type in front of a computer at an exam or at a job where you have to complete something before a deadline. So you are typing with all your might and suddenly the person next to you finishes his and you sees that he has written at least five times what you have written so far. But you are still at the beginning. Frustrating isn't it?
Well there is a solution to that it is to learn touch typing...

Touch typing, what is that?
It's a term used when a person is fluent in the keyboard that he/she can type so fast without even looking at it.

So how can we do it. Is it possible to learn it and type as fast as that guy next to me?
Yes, you can. The trick to it is to know where in the keyboard are the keys and how to place your fingers in it.

The following picture shows how to place your fingers. Overwhelming isn't it. Now you may even start to think whether you can actually learn all of them. In time YES, you can.

Remember there are a position called the base position, it is when your left hand fingers in keys A-F and right hand ones in keys J-; (just next to L, see the picture).

To aid this system keyboard manufactures put a marker on keys F and J. You can use them to check your finger position.

You need to practice in order to avoid situations such as above. Luckily there are softwares/ online resources that are designed to help you practice and improve.