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    Default Touchtyping

    I was just curious as to how many people out there can actually touchtype because I myself can't and I always seem to be too slow when replying to people on various forms of instant chat. So I was just curious if I was like the only one that can't touchtype on the internet and whether it was worth the bother of learning?

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    Que es esto? Touchtyping?

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    Typing without looking at the keyboard basically.... There's a specific way to do it where you have your hands in a certain place and you hit certain keys with certain fingers.

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    i can kinda
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    I type without looking at the keyboard, but I don't touch type in the way that people are taught.

    After years of using computers I've just memorized where all the keys are. Not intentionally. :rolleyes2

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    Yep, one day I woke up, turned on the comp and suddenly I was typing while watchin the TV...

    The freaky thing is I know when I make a mistake even when not looking at the screen and fix it automatically
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    Sometimes I do that but I'm not that good...

    Althought in my school and my future job, I'm have to learn it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Primus Inter Pares
    The freaky thing is I know when I make a mistake even when not looking at the screen and fix it automatically
    h4x

    Quote Originally Posted by Jess
    After years of using computers I've just memorized where all the keys are. Not intentionally.
    I tried to do that but I still always find myself looking down at the keyboard. I CAN type without looking reasonabley well but I make so many mistakes that it's not to my advantage at all.

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    ugh, this was t a nightmare when i started programming. I din't even know WTH some of these keys were. ~`[] \/ ; : " ' >< (etc) Now I can type and hit virtually any key on the keyboard with out losing speed... its nice.

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    Yeah, I never look at the keyboard when I type.


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    I can type without looking at the keyboard quite fast, I kindna know the layout of the keyboard by heart.

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    Pretty much, yes.

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    I type not looking at the keyboard and see vfrom my posts all of them how I asm I really am.

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    I type not looking at the keyboard and see vfrom my posts all of them how I asm I really am.
    Good point, i don't look when I type but i often have a lot of errors here at home. I have a clutter of a desk Phones, books, etc... so yeah; I spend more time maneuvering these objects to get things done.. My office is a mess...


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    I can type without looking, but when I first started using a keyboard, using "hunt and peck", I was reasobly fast at it because eventually I leared where everything was anyway. Then I took a class freshman year of high school, and learned how to type the "right" way.

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