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The trick about learning to type I think is to learn before you need to
use a keyboard. I never completed my typing course because I had to use a typewriter (showing my age)
at work and so I just bashed at the keys and undid all that I had learned. I couldn't get by using only half the alphabet at work until I learnt to type the rest.
I am quite fast I think. At least with a computer I can go back and correct all the errors.

posted by beachbelle on October 18, 2003 at 12:25 AM | link to this | reply

I've done my time
I've worked as a data entry person, and learned to touch type out of sheer necessity. I've done the testing too and can do pretty well in ten key as well. But would I have it as a career choice? No way.

posted by telynor on October 15, 2003 at 8:34 PM | link to this | reply

Typing

I always sucked at typing.  No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get beyond 45 wpm.  It got me through college.  By then, I had a computer.  Keying on a computer feels like a whole different experience to me.  I think that is mostly due to the ability to so easily correct errors.  I don't have "typing fear" or the frustration at having to retype pages of documents just to move a couple of paragraphs around. 

The last time I tested, and I must confess that was years ago, I could do 60 wpm on a computer.  I was so proud of that for so long. 

posted by Whim on October 15, 2003 at 7:16 PM | link to this | reply

Hi there!  I am a college student, but have already had some of my writings published.  It is my dream to be an author.  I would truly appreciate it if you could read some of the writings I have posted and give me feedback.  Thank you!!!

posted by BlushFussy on October 15, 2003 at 7:06 PM | link to this | reply