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Touch Typing

Typing zones on a QWERTY keyboard for each finger.

The basic technique stands in contrast to search and peck typing as the typist keeps their eyes on the source copy at all times. Touch typing also involves the use of the home row method, where typists keep their wrists up, rather than resting them on a desk or keyboard as this can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. To avoid this, typists using this method should sit up tall leaning slightly forward from the waist, place their feet flat on the floor in front of them with one foot slightly in front of the other, keeping their elbows close to their sides with their forearms slanted slightly upward to the keyboard, fingers should be curved slightly resting on the home row (asdf jkl;).
Many experienced typists can feel or sense when they've made an error and can hit the backspace key and make the correction without missing a beat.

The most common other form of typing is "hunt and peck" (or two-fingered typing).This method is slower than touch typing because instead of relying on the memorized position of keys, the typist is required to find each key by sight and move fingers a greater distance. Many idiosyncratic styles in between those two exist – for example, many people will type blindly, but using only two to five fingers and not always in asystematic way.
Reference: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:42:18 GMT

Keyboarding

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Touch Typing

Typing zones on a QWERTY keyboard for each finger.

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