I currently type 30 wpm. The reason is because I never really learned to type without looking at the keyboard so I have to keep looking back and forth at what I'm typing and the keyboard. If I type on my own or if I already know what phrase I am going to be typing, without having to look back and forth from keyboard to paper or screen, then I type 49 wpm. How can I learn to type without looking at the keyboard as I type? It slows me way down.
2007-08-11 15:34:56 · 7 answers · asked by Shayna 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
It's a very simple answer- practice. I was taught the in the old school days where there was a real typewriter (yea ancient times) and hated it. Looked at the keys all the time. So, I wasn't very good either, but I did memorize the home keys. (asdf-jkl;). I took a class and that helped. It started with the basics that taught the proper repetitions of finger movement and finger placement.
2007-08-11 16:03:29 · answer #1 · answered by drkstar_05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest the best way to type with out looking at the keyboard is just keep practicting certain phases that u would get out of a typing book. I did in school and have no problem typing 1st make sure ur fingers are on the home keys left hand ASDF right hand JKL; right hand thumb rest above the space bar. that way u can reach any key. so Ur finger on a should reach q and z . so on etc. and always bring Ur fingers back to the home keys. just keep practising asdfjkl; over and over again. there is little rhymes u can practise to. just print off a page from the Internet cause software wont make a difference all u can do is practice. hope u can follow this gobbledygook ha. good luck
2016-05-20 02:32:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never officially learned either, but over the process of 5 years, I've taught myself. Your fingers develop muscle memory for where the keys are, and soon you can type as fast as you need to. I don't even need to look down anymore when I type, and I can do 70wpm.
Just keep typing and over time you will get faster and faster.
2007-08-11 15:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just practice
2007-08-11 15:43:45 · answer #4 · answered by Albert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Type more.
Go play typershark at popcap.com. It's free if you play online
2007-08-11 15:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
practice and try to learn where the keys are
2007-08-11 15:45:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just like your mom always said
practice practice practice
2007-08-11 15:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by dnsouth01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋