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Are you a two fingered typist?

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Colin from Hampshire

Colin from Hampshire Report 26 Jan 2007 11:08

Hi Linda :):) Snap, I am a two fingered typist and same thing corrections on and off all the time :) I once tried the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing course on the computer but well here I am not even past the first lesson still :):) Colin :):)

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 26 Jan 2007 11:03

I never typed anything until I started using the computer and have gradually got quicker, - I won't say better. I still use just one finger. Gwyn

June

June Report 26 Jan 2007 10:59

Hey Linda i am a terrible typist but i can,t tell you how many fingers i usenever mind as long as we put threads up it,s great isn,t it June x

BrianW

BrianW Report 26 Jan 2007 10:57

I use two, three or four. Most computer engineers I have met only use two !

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Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

LindaRSJ

LindaRSJ Report 26 Jan 2007 09:17

Hi Linda I learned to type 50yrs ago and there have been times in my life when I haven't touched a keyboard for years. But as soon as I sit in front of one, my fingers go straight to the home keys and I am off and away. I have always likened it to riding a bike, once mastered never forgotten. I bought my grandaughter SpongeBob SquarePants typing and was quite impressed with the method of teaching. Maybe all you need is something like that to put your fingers back on track. Linda

Margaret

Margaret Report 26 Jan 2007 09:09

No I'm not. I trained as a shorthand typist in the 1950's and passed all the necessary RSA exams so I am actually a touch-typist. I then went into administration work, so my typing skills were not required very much until the advent of the computer. However, funnily enough it is quite difficult at first for a typewriter typist to change to computer as the hands are held differently and it takes a bit of getting used to. I am sure if you practice you will be able to use more than two fingers. Experiment on Word, just look at the screen and type very slowly literally feeling your way around. You will immediately see your errors on screen and can then re-adjust your fingers back onto the 'home' keys. You will get faster and faster as time goes by and will wonder how you ever managed with just two fingers !!!

HeatherinLeicestershire

HeatherinLeicestershire Report 26 Jan 2007 09:04

Oh Linda, you just took be back over 20yrs. Our typing teacher, would slap our hands with a ruler if she caught us looking at the keys lol Needless to say I never mastered it :) I'm not a two fingered typer (got 8 fingers, 2 thumbs lol) but very often make mistakes ! Heather x

Lin in Sussex

Lin in Sussex Report 26 Jan 2007 08:57

I am and its a real pain cos I keep hitting the wrong key and have to go back and correct everything. Daft thing is about err 20 years ago I thought it would be a good idea to do a touch typing course. So I did and cant remember any of it lol. Lin x