What's your typing speed and technique? - Page 2

mk4625 · 30th June 2003, 19:18

I'm not sure, but probably as slow as Azraelle. I never learned to use the number and punctuation keys without having to look at the keyboard.

Yamyam · 30th June 2003, 19:18

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Originally Posted by Julietta

I touch type and my speed and accuracy depends on how my brain is connecting with my fingers and at the moment my brain is filled with someone I mean something else :o :D

so am having to correct a lot. But on a good day 75 words per minute - I think :D :D :D :D

I'm blushing out here :D

Firefox · 30th June 2003, 23:22

Even some "touch typists" need to look for the numbers and awkward keys. I asked one of our secretaries who did 90 wpm. She was the fastest typist I've seen and very accurate but she told me she looked for things like numbers. I can locate all the letters by feel but certainly would look for the numbers myself as well.

Laurieheels · 1st July 2003, 02:13

We all work on different levels. I found that with the number pad, if I concetrate too much, I need to look and I make mistakes. If I turn down my brain a bit, I can key in numbers without having to look, and I go faster. So, not focusing is better at some points for me.

It is interesting to see how everyone has a different way to type, and different experiences. :)

Julietta · 1st July 2003, 10:54

Firefox wrote:

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Even some "touch typists" need to look for the numbers and awkward keys

I'm one of those :D

Yamyam · 1st July 2003, 16:38

I never look for the numbers, but then again I struggle with cursor keys as I mostly use laptops. I never ever ever use the numberic keypad on a full-size keyboard, as that's where my coffee is when I use the laptop :(

The one that trips me up is caps lock vs. control. I sometimes use a VT-420 terminal, and that has ctrl next to A. A PC keyboard has caps lock there. Botheration.

The one that doesn't trip me is that I can type just as well on a US keyboard. I used Sun machines for about a year, and they just don't do UK keyboards. So, after a quick check, I'm there (or thereabouts) on a US keyboard.

IHeels · 5th August 2003, 10:59

Depends on the mood, usually somewhere between 35-50 wpm. 75 wpm jeez that's like Michael Johnson / Marion Jones.

Bubba136 · 5th August 2003, 16:59

I use the "explorers" method of typing -- Find a key and land on it..... :D

Robert · 5th August 2003, 17:39

I use the "one-finger-technique" :)

Laurieheels · 6th August 2003, 00:30

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Originally Posted by IHeels

Depends on the mood, usually somewhere between 35-50 wpm. 75 wpm jeez that's like Michael Johnson / Marion Jones.

It's not what was typed, but who typed it. Do my eyes deceive me? Iheels posting a message? Have I not been paying attention?????

And thanks, 75wpm is like a race, hands to get tired sometimes.