should i learn type writing.....?

Answer 1

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Learning to touch-type is one of the most valuable skills you'll ever learn as a designer or developer

If you want to increase your productivity and have more success, bite the bullet and learn to type properly now!

I know this won't be a popular topic, but it's true: If you want to be a better designer, developer, manager, whatever... learn to touch-type!

If you're a team leader, get everyone on your team to learn to type. It will be the best short-term skills investment you can make.

Why you should learn to type
The bottom line is this - if you type with one or two fingers of each hand, the average person can probably manage 40-60 wpm (words per minute). If you learn to touch-type, you can increase that speed to 60-100 wpm.

Most of the things we do on a computer involve typing to some degree. And the quicker you can type, the quicker you get those tasks done. The quicker you get your stuff done, the more productive you are, which lets you:

Complete tasks and jobs more quickly
Get more achieved in limited time
Do more jobs in a month
Have more free time to sit back and think up ideas
Or just try out alternatives
And this makes you better at whatever it is you do.

You may think that, as a web designer, you're more mouse-oriented. Maybe you use visual tools to create and edit web pages. If so, watch how much you use your keyboard in the next hour.

Unless you are made of wood, your brain can think a heck of a lot faster than your fingers can type. So your typing is certainly the bottleneck to your productivity.

Touch-typing
Touch-typing is nothing magical. It's quite a simple process. Here's how it works.

Instead of watching the keyboard as you type, you watch the screen, and you type without looking. You place your hands on the keyboards, with both index fingers touching the little lumps (normally) on the F and J keys (D and K on some Mac keyboards I've seen). You simply learn the position of each key on the keyboard, and through practice your body (your physical memory) remembers which finger moves where to hit that key.

AFter a while, the process is so automatic that you only have to think a word for it to appear on the screen. I find it a very enjoyable way to work, because it's less tiring, and you don't have to keep shifting your eyes from keyboard to screen. Another benefit is that, because you're watching as you type, you can instantly spot any typing errors and correct them straightaway.

Oleg wrote to add another benefit, which is that touch-typing helps free your mind from the mechanics of what you're doing, helping you to focus on the task in hand. He also adds that because touch-typing is easier, it's less tiring. I certainly agree with that.

Another bonus is that touch-typing involves less movement, and so is lower-impact on the hands and wrists, which can help prevent RSI (repetitive strain injury).

The catch of learning to type
Here's the catch. To learn to touch-type, you have to stop typing the way you have always done it. This means you need to accept that you'll be slower for a few months before you get quicker. But you will get quicker - significantly quicker - and it is worth it.

How to learn
There's only one way: to commit to learning to type properly, and then to practice diligently for a few weeks.

I strongly recommend getting some software to help you learn. That's how I learnt, and my reasons for recommending it are:

You need to learn the best fingers to use for each key.
Software can make something quite boring feel like having fun, with games and tests.
It helps you go in bite-size steps, building from the first few "home" keys to the full keyboard in a manageable way.

Answer 2

Yes! Like phantomli pointed out it will make you a much more efficient key border. (That is what it's called now days isn't it?) If you get good enough to be what is called a touch typest, that's someone who can write whole sentences or more with out looking at the keyboard, then you might even be able to get a money paying job doing it.
Not to mention it beats heck outta hunt and peck with one finger.
Wouldn't hurt to learn a little grammar and how to use spell check. Then other folks can understand you even when you're trying to get something complicated across.
You're question is one of the easiest to decipher I've seen.

Answer 3

I learned typewriting on a manual machine, back in the 1980's when dinosaurs roamed the earth with big hair do's. (Just kidding) Learning typing has made me a touch typist, and as a result I am much more efficient when working on my computer keyboard. My slowest rate is about 70 wpm, and I can get up to about 90 wpm if I am on a comfy keyboard. This is of course, using the older QWERTY type keyboard, and not the newer systems.
I reccommend learning how to type efficiently, so go for it.

Answer 4

I used to run a computer training center and we tried several typing programs and Mavis Beacon was by far the best for the price. Students loved it. You can find it on-line easy or if you go to a Best Buy or Circuit City type store they usually sell older versions for around $10 (US). Older version are fine as typing hasn't changed much in the last century.

Answer 5

Yes! If you learn type writing, you can use the key board of the computer easy and fast.

Answer 6

i never learned typing, but i've got it by practice bbut sometimes i do make mistakes like i just did, my mom says u must learn typing, and i too think u must learn typing 4m an institute and pass a junior exam, it'll help u in many ways in future, food i mean good luck

Answer 7

Definitely! I learned in high school on a manual machine.
The touch system will stay with you forever, and with the keyboards these days you can really fly.
You will be glad you did it.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

yes you should learn typewriting.
it will help u in several fields such as ur job work etc. i m an mba student and know typing and this will help me to complete my projects fastly.

Answer 10

Yes, absolutely! With computers and keyboards being the wave of the future, yes.....it's a skill that's definitely needed.