If you're looking around and glancing at the letter keys while you're typing, your typing speed must be bad. To type fast, you have to learn the right technique. Touch typing is a typing technique that requires you to type by feeling instead of looking for letter keys by sight. By doing some practice and following a few tricks, you will be able to use this technique to type really fast.
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Part 1 of 3: Learn to Type by Touch
Step 1. Find the right posture
The fingers should curl over the buttons with the wrist slightly touching the table. In other words, don't put too much pressure on the wrist. Sit up straight with your elbows bent. Correct posture helps you to be more accurate. It also helps reduce strain on the arms, hands and shoulders from long typing.
Step 2. Study and relearn the position of your fingers
When not typing, the four fingers on both hands are rested on certain keys called the home row or start position. The fingers on your left hand should be placed above the A, S, D, and F keys, starting with the little finger above the A key. The fingers on your right hand should be placed above the J, K, L, and keys.;, starting with your index finger above the J key. By placing your fingers over the home row when you're not typing, you'll always know where all the letters are. Also, it will be easier for you to reach most of the letters on the keyboard from this position.
- If you can already type with all your fingers, make sure you always put your fingers back on the correct keys. If you're not used to it, practice always returning to this starting position.
- On most keyboards, there are small bumps on the "F" and "J" keys that help you return your fingers to their proper starting position without having to glance at the keyboard.
Step 3. Know which finger to use to type which letter
In general, each finger is used to type each key in a diagonal position to the right. For example, the little finger on the left hand is used to type the letters and numbers 1, Q, A, and Z, while the ring finger is used to type the letters and numbers 2, W, S, and X. Both index fingers are also used to type keys. next to the second row of origin. For example, besides the index finger on the right hand being used to type 7, U, J, and M, this finger is also used to type 6, Y, H, and N.
Step 4. Use your little finger to press the "Shift" key
Usually, you use your little finger to press the "Shift" key on the different hand you use to press the letter keys. You also use the little finger on your left hand to press the "Tab", "Caps Lock" and "CTRL" keys, and use the little finger on your right hand to press most punctuation keys, the "Backspace" key, and the arrow keys.
Step 5. Place at least one thumb over the space bar at all times
You may not lift both hands off the space key at the same time. Keeping your thumbs over the space bar means that you don't waste time moving your hands when you want to space between words you type.
Part 2 of 3: Practicing New Skills
Step 1. Start by practicing typing the letters one by one
Try typing the letters to get used to where each letter is. After you've tried it a few times by looking at the keyboard, try typing the letters again, but don't look at the keyboard this time.
Step 2. After that, try typing words and sentences
Use your favorite poem that you've already memorized, or try typing in the lyrics to your favorite song.
Step 3. Practice typing certain texts
For example, you might try typing the pangram "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". A pangram is a sentence or phrase that consists of all the letters of the alphabet. For this reason, pangrams are useful for typing practice because typing requires you to use all the letters.
Step 4. Practice while performing daily tasks
When you're typing an email, try not to look around and glance at the letter keys. Challenge yourself to type using all fingers. Once you get used to typing with all your fingers, try typing without looking at the keyboard. It may take you a long time to get used to it, but it will help you type faster in the future.
Make sure you always check the emails you type for mistakes you made while practicing. You may make mistakes while practicing, but you can quickly correct them before you send the email
Step 5. Use a program designed for typing practice
This kind of program helps you learn proper typing technique as well as a game that makes you want to keep practicing.
Step 6. Keep your typing speed steady, instead of trying to be faster when typing the words you're used to typing
As you practice, periodically slow down your typing speed and spend a few minutes practicing typing at a regular rhythm, one tap per letter. Practicing a steady rhythm helps you build the muscle memory you'll need as you type faster.
Step 7. Check your typing technique again
If you keep making the same mistakes while typing certain words or letter combinations, check to see if your hands are positioned correctly. Also, watch the movement of your fingers. You may accidentally touch the letter key or the space key while trying to press another key.
Step 8. Be patient
It takes time to be able to type fast, and it can take some time to increase your typing speed.
Part 3 of 3: Increase Speed
Step 1. Warm up by clenching both palms
Slowly open your palms and then bend your fingers back to the maximum. Repeat 5 times and you will be able to type faster than before.
Step 2. Avoid looking at the keyboard
Looking at the keyboard slows you down, because it stops muscle memory from taking over. If you need to look at the keyboard, try to limit it to just checking where your fingers are when typing a new sentence.
Step 3. Use a typing practice program focused on increasing speed
For example, Rapid Typing Tutor is a program designed with multiple levels to help you regularly increase your typing speed.
Step 4. Type more often
Practice regularly to train muscle memory because this memory can make you type faster.
Step 5. Use an online chat or messaging service
By continuing to type to keep the conversation going, your typing speed can improve periodically.
Step 6. Type gently
This is because the harder you press the keys, the more time it will take you to type each letter. Most keyboards already have fairly good sensitivity, so all you have to do is press the keys gently. In addition, typing more smoothly will relieve fatigue on your hands.
Step 7. Remember to continue to maintain the correct posture
Correct posture will continue to improve your typing speed, especially wrist posture and the initial position of the fingers on the home row.
Step 8. Re-learn the technique you used
Even when you think you got it right, it can't hurt to revisit this typing technique to make sure you're doing everything right.
Step 9. Look for a touch typing tutorial (preferably with a Dvorak layout) and learn to type
There are a variety of free tutorials that should match what most people are looking for. Don't look at the keyboard, and if you decide to use the Dvorak layout, don't slide the keys. This will only slow down your learning process. To speed up the learning process, try to practice with sentences that make sense, not sentences made up of the usual repetitive characters that don't really help.
Step 10. Go to [1] when you are ready to try to beat the world record, and choose a test (preferably 3 minutes long for more accurate results)
To motivate yourself, jot down your test results before, during, and after practice to see how your typing speed improves. Choose a different test so that you don't memorize the sentences (which will make your test results inaccurate).
Tips
- Use all fingers, don't just use one or two fingers.
- Remember that it takes as much time to press the right button as it takes to press the wrong button.
- Check out internet sites that offer typing competitions and typing practice games. Search using keywords: "Fast typing games" and "Test typing speed".
Warning
- Do it slowly. If you're not a computer user, practice just a few times each day.
- If your hands start to hurt, get some rest. Rest helps stretch your arms.
