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LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
I never thought about it until now, but I never really tought myself to type, but can some how crank out 45+ words a minute with just my two fingers..
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    I did a short course in typing when I was about 16, but I don't really type like you're supposed to. I just use a computer so much now that I naturally got faster. If a properly trained typist was to watch m style and technique they'd probably vomit in disgust. I do use more than two fingers though (I'm sure there's innuendo in there somewhere ;))
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  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    I did grade 9 typewriting :p

    yes, that sounds ancient

    but regardless of that, I can type pretty quick without looking at the board
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Me.
    It is really bad. :o
    It takes a so long for me to type just a little message like this.
    And I had to take typing in high school.
    AND my dad worked for IBM and we always had computers and typewriters in the house.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    I don't know how to type the right way but I get by. I use more than 2 fingers but not my pinkys.
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  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    my mother who was a trained secretary tried to teach me how to type the "right" way and I could never get it. but by the time I went to college and used computers everyday, I just started typing fast without thinking about it (or doing it the "right" way).
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    smarchee wrote:
    I did grade 9 typewriting :p

    yes, that sounds ancient

    but regardless of that, I can type pretty quick without looking at the board
    Whats even worse about this is I took typing in college and got an A.. an A typing with my two fingers when the teacher wasn't looking! I needed the class to finish my associates, lol.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i suck ass at typing....home row....fuck you....god i hated typing class....:mad:
  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I never thought about it until now, but I never really tought myself to type, but can some how crank out 45+ words a minute with just my two fingers..


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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    mindi wrote:
    I don't know how to type the right way but I get by. I use more than 2 fingers but not my pinkys.
    People use their pinky fingers to type?? :eek:
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    You know it's funny. When typewriters were being made they wanted to make the typing slower so you didn't jam the buttons, that's why there is the weird arrangement. [at least that's what i've read.] It's funny how now I can naturally type 40-60+ on this really weirdly arranged keyboard but it would take me half an hour to type on a normal abc keyboard.

    [Yeah i'm bragging a bit. I took a keyboarding class in 7th grade {flying fingers award! :D:D} and after that just practicing made it faster and easier] hehe.
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  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,154
    TrixieCat wrote:
    AND my dad worked for IBM and we always had computers and typewriters in the house.
    and I'm proof that you can work with computers (computer programmer) and not type very well....I'm a little better than the "hunt and peck" style, but still not very good....on my keyboard at work, the backspace key is the most used because of all the typos I make :o
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I never thought about it until now, but I never really tought myself to type, but can some how crank out 45+ words a minute with just my two fingers..

    That's impressive!

    My husband has his own method. He uses all of his fingers, but he doesn't use the "home row" like I do. He's pretty fast, though.

    When I'm focused, I can easily type between 75 and 80 words per minute.
  • NoCode_inMTNoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...

    That's what i remember from 9th grade typing :)
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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    cutback wrote:
    i suck ass at typing....home row....fuck you....god i hated typing class....:mad:

    I SUCKED in typing class.

    I'll never forget that class, because they sort of covered "job interview" type stuff in it. My female teacher told the girls that we should never ever, under any circumstances, wear pants to an interview because it appears to be threatening to a male interviewer. This was fucking 1995! :D
  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,018
    i cant type in the dark....... i should learn to type proper, if i can play guitar i should be able to type, right?
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,290
    I'm a terrible typer.

    If it wasn't for the "backspace" key, I'd be in serious trouble!
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    I don't even remember having a typing class. :o
  • stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    9th grade typing was the probably the most beneficial class I ever took.

    A co-worker of mine uses a DVORAK keyboard instead of a QWERTY one. I guess it's more efficient for typing and he's insanely fast on it. You can change you user settings on Windows to use that layout (although you'd have to memorize the layout)
    http://www.chimoosoft.com/Images/dvorak/dvorak.jpg
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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,018
    stevieraveon wrote:
    9th grade typing was the probably the most beneficial class I ever took.

    A co-worker of mine uses a DVORAK keyboard instead of a QWERTY one. I guess it's more efficient for typing and he's insanely fast on it. You can change you user settings on Windows to use that layout (although you'd have to memorize the layout)
    http://www.chimoosoft.com/Images/dvorak/dvorak.jpg

    i tried that before. cause the layout is supposed to be really easy. but i couldnt get the hang of it and didnt feel like learning the keyboard again. its also supposed to be what people with one hand and stuff use too. the idea of all vowels together makes perfect sense and keeping the most used letters all together in the same area. qwerty is just a retarded design, seriously.
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