Can You Type?

[PaBlkBrd]

Originally posted by mrdj
I cam tupe teally hood withour kooking!

lol..........me tow! I'm a poke and hope kind of guy.

[KLnyc]

wow, i think I avg 35 word per min. Thats slow comparing some keyboard commando here.

[Lydia]

Originally posted by Jeff Smith
My spped is up around 40-45 WPM which is not bad for someone who is not required to use the PC at work.

Am I the only one who wondered what a Porter Cable had to do with typing?

LOL @ mrdj.

edit: Yes, I did figure out he meant Personal Computer, but it took me a few seconds to get it lol.

[Kman]

I don't use home row, I tend to peck. I don't have to look at the keybaord though. And I can type pretty fast.

[Godiva]

I'm a touch typist.

I learned on a manual Royal in 8th grade summer school. My parents made me go. But it has served me well. I worked during High School summers and made enough money to buy a Smith Corona self-correcting electric typewriter that got me through college.

And I worked summers as a temp when I started teacher to make it through summers without a paycheck.

My best is around 65-70 words a minute. I'm still as fast but much sloppier now. With spell check I can go really fast and hang the errors. Just go back and spell check, then proofread. With word processing correcting isn't like it used to be. And with printers no problems with carbons.

Basically the computer has made my life heaven.

But my handwriting has suffered. I type everything. In fact I've become dependent on it. I hardly hand write anything so my cursive is illegible and my printing barely functional.

I do do calligraphy though. To force me to slow down and be precise. But it's useless for day to day.

So I type.

BTW to avoid Carpal Tunnel I have a stand I put the laptop on that raises the front higher than the back. That puts my arms and hands in a more natural position. I don't have to look at the keys so I can slant the laptop back.

[Newport Viper]

Ouch,,,, my only short comings as an adult.


Math and typing.

[CJ from Rocklin, CA]

Brings back some memories. My folks suggested I take a typing class in high school. Signed up for the class and I was the only guy. That was cool. Learned how to type on a manual typewriter. Never thought I would learn how. I felt like I was all thumbs but the teacher was great. Took another year of advanced typing. The typing had now become a challenge for me to see how fast I could type with the least amount of errors. Finished that year typing 95 wpm with 0 mistakes on a manual. Knowing how to type was an asset for me through college and later on.

[WaspHunter]

I'm a glance and type typist personally. Although being a programmer I have been introduced to two wonderful inventions - the first is the Dvorak keyboard, which is a masterpiece of engineering. Even though I'm wired on Qwerty's I still found the keyboard to be more intuitive. Theres a rant behind why they aren't used, but I won't start that here.

The second one is the "1337 h4x0r" blank keyboard. Its black and has no text on it. I'm using one right now, and I'm still glancing at the bloody keyboard!

Blank Keyboard Link

[Rubber Ducky]

Took typing in high school 20 years ago as a gimmie class and it turned out to be a necessity as I become an IT guru for the last 15 years. I could type 35 wpm back then, haven't bothered to test since.

I'm out of IT to start 2006 and going mobile detailing, but it looks as though my typing skills won't get lost thanks to the MOL!

[rusty bumper]

I have enjoyed reading this thread...Thanks for all of the replys!

[OrangeRcode]

My dad made me take typing in 10th grade. This was because - his words here "I am not going to be typing your term papers". Keep in mind this was before the days of word processors, you had to type each page line by line and hope you didn't make a mistake. I was not very happy about taking the class but it was very sage advice from my dad. Here's to you dad.

Typing and learning 10 key by memory has also served me well in my profession.

[Accident]

When I typed every day in keyboarding class I was getting about 105 words per minute . Too bad I can barely hit the right keys now. The only thing I type on the computer is posts to this site.

[Detalnewb]

Originally posted by furball
Hmm, I guess I'm one. There's a typing course when I was still in high school. Didn't understand why I should learn that back then - and now I make a living typing most of my work.

LOL I did the same - took the course for an easy A. It's been absolutely invaluable. Who knew 15 years ago that it would be worth its weight in gold.

[Erik Mejia]

I can type pretty proficiently, about the only time I need to look down is when I have to type numbers. I never really paid to much attention to that lesson in High School.

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