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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
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Can you touch-type?
Just thinking of some topics that I know were asked a while ago...
Can you touch-type? I type for a living, so I've been able to touch-type since HS. I'm surprised that coworkers are fascinated that I can turn to look at them when they come to my office, and continue to finish my sentence. I explain to them that the keys haven't moved in 25 years, so it's not hard to remember where they are.... 
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Erica
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes, and I'm self taught. But my mom was a secretary.
I'm not super fast (40-50 wpm), but I also  when people are amazed. Especially when they took a keyboarding class.
In my school district they put masks on the keys in 3rd grade. I totally think it's a needed skill!
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| Posted 12/16/11 8:45 AM |
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peanutbutter2
Carpe diem!
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes...I actually type pretty quickly without looking...about 90-100 wpm.
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| Posted 12/16/11 8:50 AM |
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twobabies
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Re: Can you touch-type?
yep learned in a high school class and never forgot. it amazes my dh and dc that i can type and not look at the keys. lol
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| Posted 12/16/11 8:52 AM |
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headoverheels
s'il vous plaît
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LB
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Re: Can you touch-type?
I am self taught (so my fingers aren't always on the right keys) but for the most part yes - though I do have to look down occasionally.
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| Posted 12/16/11 8:54 AM |
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MySunshine
In love with my Baby Boy
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes, also self taught. I blame it on all the papers I had to do in college
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| Posted 12/16/11 8:58 AM |
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Domino
Always My Miracle
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Re: Can you touch-type?
My mother told me if I could type I would always have a job. I am a paralegal...I havent tested my speed in a long while but it is well over 90 wpm (and yes, without lookin')
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:11 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes, I took typing in HS and it just stuck. My DH took the same class and can also type without looking. It's a useful skill, so glad I took that class way back when.
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:15 AM |
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Mkr09
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Sometimes. I type all day long and most times do not need to look at the keyboard.
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:15 AM |
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BellaRock
I am all the Me I will ever Be
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes, without looking.
I took a class in HS but I didn't do well in the class. I remember some stuff, like proper finger placement but I didn't pick up the speed until I got my own computer at home and was IMing.
I can go pretty fast, about 80-95wpm.
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:22 AM |
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Tulips915
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Posted by BellaRock
Yes, without looking.
I took a class in HS but I didn't do well in the class. I remember some stuff, like proper finger placement but I didn't pick up the speed until I got my own computer at home and was IMing.
I can go pretty fast, about 80-95wpm.
This!! 10 IMs at once helped 
I also took a few classes in college that def. helped.
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:24 AM |
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MrsS6510
2 girls?!?!?
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Absolutely. We took a keyboarding class in elementary school and I was one of the few that actually paid attention. They even made us turn off the screens, close our eyes, and look away from the computer and keyboard. Most people are amazed at how I can look at them and have a conversation while typing something up almost perfectly (and quickly too  )
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:34 AM |
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Dulcinea
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes self taught since college, it's a skill you gotta know in the computer field. :)
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:34 AM |
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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
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Shawn
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Posted by Dulcinea
Yes self taught since college, it's a skill you gotta know in the computer field. :)
Actually, no... I know quite a few people in the IT field that can't touch-type. They hunt and peck, or do one or two fingers on each hand.... for 8 hours a day! 
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:38 AM |
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jam11308
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Posted by GoldenRod
Posted by Dulcinea
Yes self taught since college, it's a skill you gotta know in the computer field. :)
Actually, no... I know quite a few people in the IT field that can't touch-type. They hunt and peck, or do one or two fingers on each hand.... for 8 hours a day!
This is so true
I can do it, but I am a bit obsessive-compulsive when it comes to proper spelling & punctuation in my work & personal correspondence so I look & double-check everything. What I find funny is that I lose the impulse when I'm on LIF & my posts are a mess to look at! lol
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:44 AM |
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Yes, in college my roomates would think it was freaky that I could type a sentence and talk to them at the same time.
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| Posted 12/16/11 9:44 AM |
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ElizaRags35
My 2 Girls
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Re: Can you touch-type?
I don't need to look at the keyboard most of the time. Like when I was typing this whole thing, I didn't look. But if it's a word that I don't typically type, I look down.
I taught myself... Just years of practice!
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| Posted 12/16/11 10:01 AM |
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SummerMom
Now a mom of 2!
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes. It was the most useful thing I learned in high school. 
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| Posted 12/16/11 10:02 AM |
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yep. Taught in elementary school for three years. Can do I without looking and 90 speed. I dislike screen typing. I realize I type too fast on my iPhone and I'm faster than it can keep up. If u see a post on lif of mine with errors it's generally because I used my iPhone.
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| Posted 12/16/11 10:06 AM |
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Mill188
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Re: Can you touch-type?
absolutely - I went to Katharine Gibbs. Not only can I touch-type but I learned on a typewriter that didn't have the letters marked!
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| Posted 12/16/11 10:13 AM |
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BellaBoo
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yes, I took a class in school. Not sure how many wpm but I'm pretty speedy. But I must admit, aside from the exclamation point, I've always had trouble with the numerics and punctuation in the top row. 
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| Posted 12/16/11 10:13 AM |
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TheWhiteRabbit
Thru the rabbit hole!
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Re: Can you touch-type?
I type with my nails which has caused the actual letters to be worn off my keyboard but I still need to look at it It freaks people out when they need to type on my keyboard bec there are no letters on it except like q, z, x and g
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| Posted 12/16/11 10:44 AM |
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CaMacho
Sisters :)
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Yup learned in HS and haven't had to look down at the keyboard since then.
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| Posted 12/16/11 11:01 AM |
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MrsRivera
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Posted by CaMacho
Yup learned in HS and haven't had to look down at the keyboard since then.
Same here. Dropped physics my senior year and took keyboarding instead Now, you tell ME which one of those is more useful
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| Posted 12/16/11 11:04 AM |
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KittyGags
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Re: Can you touch-type?
Posted by MrsRivera
Posted by CaMacho
Yup learned in HS and haven't had to look down at the keyboard since then.
Same here. Dropped physics my senior year and took keyboarding instead Now, you tell ME which one of those is more useful
I voted wrong. I didn't read the post so I thought I had to look at the keyboard because I thought this was for the touch screen on a phone. hahaha.
I also learned in high school and refer to that class as the best class I ever took!
It had typewriters!
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| Posted 12/16/11 11:12 AM |
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