<p>No problem. Sorry about the confusion.</p>
<p>Chaos Theory, can you prove what you claim?</p>
<p>Sure I can, if you give me legitimate means to prove my claim. :)</p>
<p>Practice and time. That's really all it takes. My elementary school was very smart and forward-thinking in that they made us take a typing class in first grade. The result was that by the time my classmates and I were in sixth grade, most of us could type about 50-60 words per minute. Now as a senior in high school I type about 90-100 words per minute because I've been practicing with the correct form for literally about 10 years!</p>
<p>And I second the recommendation for Mavis Beacon... that's the program I used when I was first learning how to type</p>
<p>I here you OP. I know where generally all the keys are, but I can't type for a long time without looking down. For example, while typing out the fisrt sentence, I looked down for abour 1/3 of it. >_> I think my problem is that I don't use proper hand placements. In middle school they tried to teach us in a one semester course, but I can't remmeber any of it.</p>
<p>Try this....these are how I was taught---which keys are supposed to be used for which letters. </p>
<p>Left hand....rest left index finger on f, "pinkie" on a always keep hand on these "home keys". Then,
use pinkie to type a, q, z and to hit the shift key when you need it for your right hand typing.
use ring finger to type s, w, x
use middle finger to type d, e, c
use pointer to type f, r, t, g, v, b
don't use left thumb</p>
<p>right hand...
use index to type j, y, u, h, n, m
use middle to type k, i, and ","
use ring to type o, l, "."
use pinkie to type ";", p, "/", and to hit enter, and to shift for left hand typing.
use right thumb for space bar.</p>
<p>There are a few sentences that are good.. typing class 300 yrs. ago had...
the quick brown fox jumped over the fence, or something like that. If you are really bored, just practice typing something that you read. After years of practice, you don't even think about it anymore.</p>
<p>Or, as my H always argued, just get really fast looking at the keys.</p>
<p>that was pretty confusing. But made some sense actually. Thanks. :)</p>
<p>I have 100 WPM. The only thing you need to know is where to place fingers first and where is "backspace".
Then try to type without looking at the keyboard, constantly pressing backspace if you get anything wrong (I do that subconsciously). In several weeks you will see the progress. Again, don't practice typing on its own; generally memorize keyboard and type without looking at the keyboard whenever you would usually type with it before your eyes.</p>
<p>I can't say that I do everything right: I probably ( :) ) use only 8 fingers+right pinkie to press backspace. But, dang, it works.</p>
<p>won't memorization come on it's own by time while I practice typing?</p>
<p>It will. However, you have to know in which parts of the keyboard letters are to be trying 4-5 keys+backspace instead of 15-20 keys+backspace.
Notice that I, for example, still use backspace very, very often but raw result is: 100 WPM.
The trick I used is that you don't need to remember where exactly each letter is; firstly, you only need to know with which finger to "randomly push buttons" to get certain letter.</p>
<p>okay, memorize.
I know where most of them are but I'm alway a few keys off.</p>
<p>I'm too sometimes a few keys off. That's why you have to learn where backspace is solidly.</p>
<p>PS. I also type in Russian; about 100 WPM too :)</p>
<p>I think I'll stick with English till I can type it fast enough. Russian is the next step :D</p>
<p>Hum. Mental memorization? How painful! :p</p>
<p>I recommend just typing more - perhaps get a program (yeah, kiddie, but they work), or spend some time copying passages so you have to look away from the keyboard. Keep your fingers on the homerow (unless you prefer an alternate set up; I don't use homerow when typing on a Dvorak keyboard, LOL), and don't look down unless necessary. After a while, it should become ingrained - a sort of muscle memory. I can't visualize where the letters are on a keyboard, but my fingers know them, and that's all that matters. It's much faster this way, too; you don't have to waste that split second of time thinking about where the letters are, only thinking about what you are typing next. That split second may not seem like much, but collectively, it can add up to quite a bit.</p>
<p>Try typing in Chinese; you've got to type in the pin yin, then select from the four tones, then choose from a long list of characters with that tone...Takes freakin' forever!</p>
<p><em>grumbles about the awkwardness of the pin yin recognition system</em></p>
<p>But English? I used to be able to manage 130 WPM (maxed at 140, but that was a massive fluke, LOL), but that's gone down substantially, as I no longer type as much as I used to...</p>
<p>...I could've made a good secretary, with a bit more training. :D</p>
<p>Our school has kids beginning to learn to type at Grade 1 and the typing classes continue all the way through to Grade 8.</p>
<p>Needless to say, kids have TONS of practice before they hit High School. </p>
<p>By now I can type approximately 95 wpm. </p>
<p>I'd suggest getting a program like UltraKey or Qwerty or Mavis Beacon or SOMETHING or just practice, practice, practice! And memorize. But on top of just typing out random passages, make a conscience effort to practice word combos and various letters.
Some letter combos are tougher than others.
I can't think of any now because I type fairly accurately by this point, but if you find you make mistakes on certain letter combos/words, practice those.</p>
<p>play an online game for a week and you'll memorize the keyboard</p>
<p>i think u just have to be on the computer and type a lot to be able to type really fast
before i had to look up and down from the keyboard to the screen and it was a pain
but i started to get used to it after a while because id always be online talking to someone on AIM or something and suddenly i realized that i had typed without looking at the keyboard
right about i type about 60-70 wpm up to 100 wpm but i screw up a lot with those extra letters or something
do any of u guys actually use all of ur fingers to type because i never use my pinkies cuz its too hard lol</p>
<p>If you can't practice, you can't practice. It is as simple as that. It ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about practice. You're sitting there, and you're supposed to be the franchise typer, and we're talking about practice. Listen, we're sitting here talking about practice, not a typing contest, not a typing contest, not a typing contest, but we're talking about practice. Not the typing contest that you go out there and die for and play every game last it's your last but we're talking about practice man. How silly is that?</p>
<p>Don't look at the keyboard. Look at the screen. And no matter how many mistakes you make or how much longer it takes, LOOK AT THE SCREEN. And the four fingers on your left hand should b on A-S-D-F and the four fingers on your right hand should be on J-K-L-; and your thumb should be on the space bar or something. I rarely look at the keyboard when I type. Actually I never look at the keyboard when I type.</p>
<p>it's pretty hard to use all of my fingers lol. Especially my pinkey and ring finger. Sometimes I find myself using only my index fingers and my thumb to type everything.</p>