Sunday, October 12, 2008

How to type fast easy without looking keyboard

So you always envied your colleague who types without looking at the keyboard? You always thought life would have been much better if you had joined a typing class. You thought your productivity would skyrocket if you knew you could ‘think’ while your fingers did all the typing…

Well, my friend, I’ll tell you all the secrets of rapid typing. I didn’t join any typing course in my life. But yes, I can type very fast! Without looking at the keyboard! I’ll share some self-invented tips for improving your typing speed…

..::Improve Your Typing Speed::..

Now, no mega promises. I don’t have a magic pill which will boost your typing speed after reading this article. So, read at your own risk. I suggest that you read the following article if and only if you have the ‘desire’ to work on your typing speed. Nothing will happen unless you have the desire.

Tip#1 : Position your fingers
I know you have been looking at your keyboard for years. But did you ever observe the keys ‘F’ & ‘J’ ? Did you ever wonder what’s so special with them? Did you ever question the presence of a tiny notch on those keys?

Don’t worry. Those keys are your reference keys. Have a look at the ‘number pad’ on the right hand side of keyboard. ‘5’ is the reference key. Right? Now use your ‘index’ fingers to locate ‘F’ & ‘J’ keys; of course, without looking at the keyboard. Put the other fingers respectively - starting with the little finger of left hand on ‘A’ . The little finger of the right hand on the ‘ ;’ key. I hope you have positioned your hands properly. Both the thumbs should be rested on the space bar.

Tip#2 : Learn how to press the keys
Well, don’t smile. This is an important tip. Now, decide which finger will press what key. For example, I press ‘Y’ with the index finger of left hand and ‘U’ with the index finger of right hand. You better know what’s comfortable for you.

Do you know that you can change the case by pressing shift + key. That is, if you want to type ‘A‘, you need to press shift (hold) & a. Here’s how to do it-

For the keys pressed using left hand, press the shift key using little finger of right hand & vice-versa. Confused? Let’s take an example. To type a capital ‘A’, I press key ‘A’ by little finger of left hand while holding the ‘shift’ key by little finger of right hand.

Read above paragraph again if you didn’t understand.

Tip#3 : Remembering the keyboard
Easy! This is not a spoiler. Eventually you are going to remember the keyboard. Surprisingly, you won’t even realize that you remember the keyboard. To start with, a little trouble to your brain -

Have a look at keyboard. ‘E’ & ‘R’ are adjacent. ‘M’ comes just below the index finger of your right hand. Do memorize the location of these keys ‘P’, ‘O’, ‘C’, ‘V’.

Tip#4 : How to practice
Just 10 minutes for next 10 days. I bet you’ll type rapidly and without looking at keyboard. At least you will impress yourself.

- Take an article from newspaper or magazine and fire up your notepad. You may use an online article too. Its totally up to you.

- Read a complete sentence and try to type it on your notepad without looking at keyboard. Refer Tips 1-2-3 if you need.

- Initially, you will feel like looking at the keyboard. Don’t cheat yourself.

- Feel the sense of urgency. Try to type as if you will win a Billion dollars if you type it in shortest possible time. Give it a try, it does a magic.

- Easy on typos. Don’t worry about typos. You will make less mistakes once you feel comfortable typing without looking at keyboard. Most text processors will aid you by auto correcting your typos.

A little trouble for next 10 days will change the way you use your computer, forever! Do share your success/failure story with us in this thread.

source : studentblogspot

16 comments:

  1. how to shift j to m or d to e do i need to shift my all finger or only one finger

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  2. Great tips ! I must say that any one will be able to learn How to Type Fast without looking at the keyboard easily, once understand the above mentioned things well.

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  3. u just copied this off a website
    ):<-
    LEARN TA DO IT BY URSELF!...
    idiot

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  4. How to type fast easy without looking keyboard
    So you always envied your colleague who types without looking at the keyboard? You always thought life would have been much better if you had joined a typing class. You thought your productivity would skyrocket if you knew you could ‘think’ while your fingers did all the typing…

    Well, my friend, I’ll tell you all the secrets of rapid typing. I didn’t join any typing course in my life. But yes, I can type very fast! Without looking at the keyboard! I’ll share some self-invented tips for improving your typing speed…

    ..::Improve Your Typing Speed::..

    Now, no mega promises. I don’t have a magic pill which will boost your typing speed after reading this article. So, read at your own risk. I suggest that you read the following article if and only if you have the ‘desire’ to work on your typing speed. Nothing will happen unless you have the desire.

    Tip#1 : Position your fingers
    I know you have been looking at your keyboard for years. But did you ever observe the keys ‘F’ & ‘J’ ? Did you ever wonder what’s so special with them? Did you ever question the presence of a tiny notch on those keys?

    Don’t worry. Those keys are your reference keys. Have a look at the ‘number pad’ on the right hand side of keyboard. ‘5’ is the reference key. Right? Now use your ‘index’ fingers to locate ‘F’ & ‘J’ keys; of course, without looking at the keyboard. Put the other fingers respectively - starting with the little finger of left hand on ‘A’ . The little finger of the right hand on the ‘ ;’ key. I hope you have positioned your hands properly. Both the thumbs should be rested on the space bar.

    Tip#2 : Learn how to press the keys
    Well, don’t smile. This is an important tip. Now, decide which finger will press what key. For example, I press ‘Y’ with the index finger of left hand and ‘U’ with the index finger of right hand. You better know what’s comfortable for you.

    Do you know that you can change the case by pressing shift + key. That is, if you want to type ‘A‘, you need to press shift (hold) & a. Here’s how to do it-

    For the keys pressed using left hand, press the shift key using little finger of right hand & vice-versa. Confused? Let’s take an example. To type a capital ‘A’, I press key ‘A’ by little finger of left hand while holding the ‘shift’ key by little finger of right hand.

    Read above paragraph again if you didn’t understand.

    Tip#3 : Remembering the keyboard
    Easy! This is not a spoiler. Eventually you are going to remember the keyboard. Surprisingly, you won’t even realize that you remember the keyboard. To start with, a little trouble to your brain -

    Have a look at keyboard. ‘E’ & ‘R’ are adjacent. ‘M’ comes just below the index finger of your right hand. Do memorize the location of these keys ‘P’, ‘O’, ‘C’, ‘V’.

    Tip#4 : How to practice
    Just 10 minutes for next 10 days. I bet you’ll type rapidly and without looking at keyboard. At least you will impress yourself.

    - Take an article from newspaper or magazine and fire up your notepad. You may use an online article too. Its totally up to you.

    - Read a complete sentence and try to type it on your notepad without looking at keyboard. Refer Tips 1-2-3 if you need.

    - Initially, you will feel like looking at the keyboard. Don’t cheat yourself.

    - Feel the sense of urgency. Try to type as if you will win a Billion dollars if you type it in shortest possible time. Give it a try, it does a magic.

    - Easy on typos. Don’t worry about typos. You will make less mistakes once you feel comfortable typing without looking at keyboard. Most text processors will aid you by auto correcting your typos.

    A little trouble for next 10 days will change the way you use your computer, forever! Do share your success/failure story with us in this thread.

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  5. wonderful tips! very helpful, whether its copied from the internet or w/e but its really superb...

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  6. Well I typed this really fast so i must have learnt something from all of these paragraphs!!!

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  7. Wow.
    That is amazing

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    1. this is so good i can type as fast as my math teacher.

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  8. im gonna try it hope it works

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  9. Its really a stunning post. People can learn how type fast and easy. But I want to share something. To type fast it depends on the keyboard. But after so many practice now I can type very fast on my computer as well as my iphone. In my iphone I am using an app named as the fat finger for easy typing. Thanks for sharing this informative post.

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  10. Wow! Nice tips! But i believe it misses some pictures or diagrams

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  11. I searched the internet and found some really nice diagrams here: http://keyboard-racing.com/printing-methodology-how-to-type-correctly.html Have a look.

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  12. Just install SecondKey - personal typing assistant tools, then you can easily type FASTER!!

    download via cnet: http://download.cnet.com/SecondKey/3000-20418_4-75754374.html

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  13. Santa, tnx for the link http://keyboard-racing.com

    Now i typing more faster!!

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  14. I am glad this talks about technique rather than talking about buying hardware to optimize typing. Truthfully it really boils down to practice makes prefect.

    However, hardware and software should also not go without notice.

    For any gamers, as mentioned in these comments, typeracing games online help.

    For any software junkies, I recommend researching the Dvorak Keyboard Layout.

    For any hardware junkies, I recommend buying a mechanical keyboard.

    For anyone who really wants to take touch typing seriously, I recommend buying a crappy keyboard or using an old keyboard, and sandpapering off the keys OR put stickers over the letters. That will force you to touch type.

    Just my two cents

    --
    Guy who likes to type a lot

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    1. Lol typo

      --
      Guy who likes to type a lot (same guy)

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