Since this is a forum where we communicate by typing, and some of the posts are truly voluminous, I was wondering who touch-types and who hunts-and-pecks. If you touch type, how did you learn?
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Since this is a forum where we communicate by typing, and some of the posts are truly voluminous, I was wondering who touch-types and who hunts-and-pecks. If you touch type, how did you learn?
Hunt and peck here.
Typing was a required class for me..think around 1993-1995. Very happy i took that class.
My typing has gone downhill since then, we were not allowed to make spelling mistakes.
I learned to touch type back in elementary school. We used to use Mavis Beacon (or however it's spelled). I also used to type homework assignments, because for me typing real words made things much easier (since that's how I learned common patterns).
In college (I don't remember exactly when), I decided I wanted to switch from QWERTY to Dvorak. I re-learned in pretty much the same way; I found a program that was decent (and free) and used that a bit. The program also had the option to use an external text file, so I used that a fair bit. I'd say I did the bulk of my re-learning in a week (a boring vacation). Talking on AIM and writing papers for school helped too.
Wow, a brave man! I've heard that the Dvorak keyboard is much more efficient. What do you think? I never tried because I was afraid that I would run into problems if I had to work on a computer that didn't have the Dvorak keyboard layout.Quote:
Originally Posted by holli4pirating
I forgot to answer my own question. I touch type. I didn't learn in school because back then (the dark ages) it was a girls' thing. Anyway, when I graduated from college I wanted to work as an editor in a publishing house. It didn't work out, but I was offered a job as a typesetter. They said it was a lot of typing and asked me "Did I mind?" I said "no". They didn't ask me if I could type. I asked when did they want me to start and they said two weeks. I went out and bought a book and borrowed a manual typewriter and worked at it eight hours a day for two weeks. When I showed up for work I was typing well enough to pass unnoticed (about 30 wpm) and then I got faster.
Please answer select an answer on the poll page.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMS
I hunt and peck but my hunting is really good.
Still mostly need to look at the keyboard but that is because I am not very accurate at hitting the keys even though I know where they are. I use both hands but finger selection is focused on first two or three fingers of each hand and thumb for space bar -- usually.
I'm a pecker....er, rather, I hunt and peck. Drives nmy wife nuts, but I'm actually remarkably fast with my method.
Done, done, done!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimensch