How to: learn to touch type

1. Introduction: Hi, my name is Eric. In this course, I will teach you how to touch that. So first of all, what is touch typing? Posts hoping is typing on a keyboard without having to look at the keyboard that is faster than hunting and pecking each letter. That's because keeping your head still and making use of all eight fingers and thumbs is more efficient than moving them around the keyboard. Searching for each individual key. Once you have learned to touch that, you should be able to type in ICI just by having your fingers placed at the home row. And this column, I will go through five steps that I recommend for you to learn to touch that the fastest and easiest way also goes through do's and don'ts in which chose websites I have used and recommend to you. I think that a lot of people believe that it is difficult to learn to touch, say, I can say from personal experience that it is absolutely not difficult to use the right amount of time right from the get-go. There's, you know, that the best way to learn is to be committed. And he was more than one hour a day for awhile. Either experienced all the ups and downs of this process. And I can tell you that burning Sasha, It's definitely worth the hard work. You should start learning touch typing is that it is way more comfortable to be able to type on a keyboard without having to look and use energy every time you need to type something. And besides that, I think that a lot of people will benefit from having to stress one snake. I have experienced that when you have learned to touch-type, it feels like you're being one with the keyboard. Reward will be like a pair them, and you will type every word subconsciously. Touch typing is becoming more and more useful since computers are used for a lot of task and hobbies. I generally use my computer a lot. So it has been beneficial for me. If you're also use your computer or a keyboard every day or so, I would recommend you just start learning touch typing. I think that the tools and steps I'm going to show you are great. I can make this process a lot easier than not using them. Before you begin this course, you should know that I'm not going into specifics on how you should learn each letter and number. Instead, I will focus on the whole process and gives you the right tools for you to begin. So without further ado, let's get into the course. 2. Requirements : This course, not recommend anything where you have to buy extra stuff. All you need is a computer with a keyboard and internet access. Internet access. So you can practice on some websites that I wrote, written with. Most important requirement is that you have some time to put aside so that you can actually focus and with that, improve all the time and become a touch tablet. The key to learn, to associate keys, how much time you spent learning it. Not how dedicated you are, but how many hours you spent learning? I believe I spent at least 15 hours before. It became somehow pleasant to try and learn further videos. In the beginning, it was somehow unnatural to type some letters with the fingers. But I can assure you that the unmet you're feeling does not last if you continue to exercise. Another important reminder is that you should not over to it. And by that, I mean, practicing so much your fingers and hands hurt because it eventually delete the whole process. As for the keyboard, you can use a mechanical keyboard. A normal keyboard. Your computer keyboard, which I think is the best option because it is portable. And I suppose you already are used to it. 3. Step one: Okay, so for step one, choose to write keyboard layout. There are mainly three different keyboards layer, including cocci and call make. The default keyboard layout for most computers and keyboards or coaching. Career to keyboard layout has been existed since the 18 seventies and most used in a typewriter. Later computers use them on their keyboards. Homework and draw Rick came later. Draw rate came in 1936 and Khomeini came in 2006. Both more accurate and will cry less overland and more efficient person who enabled to learn how to type on a Croce layout. And then decided to learn the coal Mac keyboard layout of personal interests. And it took me about three months to learn it. But once I learned it fully, I felt that it was not practical because I was using some apps. But only Cauchy was there as an option. But it's just a lot easier to learn to type on a crunchy. Then I'm a coal Mac or toric. Since you're probably already used to write on a crunchy. One of the main reasons I chose to learn to write on a chromatic layout. Words that I thought it was more efficient, as you can see these pictures. But when I learned comic, I found that it was too hard to keep using it. Firstly, there are some apps that you cannot use coal mag and read the default is crunchy. Then for the second, it does not so convenient to have Khomeini or draw rake because you cannot just download the keyboard layout. And every computer you use. If, for example, you were at school or work. 4. Step two: Okay, First step number to start with the basics. I think a lot of people rush to learn to test out what's wrong. Writing. It's crucial for you that you started with the basics and focus on being consistent to be able to search them in the long run. So whether basics of first of all, you don't need to know that you need to press your fingers in the home and that each finger as a set of keys that they can entered. As I said before, it may feel unnatural at first, but I'd feeling on blast. I have personally yours, typing club.com, and we'll recommend you to do the same. It is a website that has pretty good at learning the basics of touch typing. All the tasks are free to use. And although it's easy at first, it only gets more complex. Or this tip, I would recommend you to focus on the first day the task. I repeat them a few times. Since these are all the keys, you need to learn the basics. You're finished all these tasks at least three times. Be able to understand and be familiar with the basics. I think it's easy to build for. Our thing is that as you go through all the tasks few times without looking at the keyboard, It's, it'd be able to touch that. I would recommend you use an account for this is the website will be able to save all the previous chars you have done. Due to not have to keep a record Feel process under website. Looking back on the process, I think that most frustrating part of learning to touch that, plus typing in the beginning, because I wanted to learn it fast enough the same time. They good at it. But it just have to give it the time. And the truth is, always takes more time than you were expected to. Stay committed and know that it takes time to learn. If you want to learn all the basics. 5. Step three: Okay, number three, different exercises and practice routines. Century, I've done all the basics in typing club.com. You can try to push yourself to try different websites where you can practice new exercises that ultimately make the other type of this step. I recommend that you purchase on a website called QBR.com. Website tracks how much time you have predators, and it tracks which keys your best and which ones are not so good that it gives you a set of random keys based on which keys you are difficult to totally gives you all these different texts every time you finish a set, and every time you improve on the keys. The most finish all the keys of the alphabet before it gives you the customer tastes. Craters on the case. Not as good as it does, so that it can be able to try to eat key first before categorizing which keys. Typing. Qbr is a really good website to practice on. Once you've learned all the basics. I think it's easy to get frustrated with some specific keys because you have to type them in the right way. As you have learned in this first step. Each key has to be type with a specific finger. And you can look at the keyboard. While some specific case, they take hours or days to complete a note that it only takes to be learned the hard way the first time, and it will not continue to be difficult to learn. Really skip any keys as it has its own order. As you can see here. Another important reminder that you should take some small breaks in between to training seasons when we're typing on TPN. Because an array, it takes a lot of penalty and focus to be able to succeed. Every single key. I think I spent about 15 hours completing the entire alphabet in this exercise for the first time. And obviously, it takes about 15 minutes from start to finish. And once again, you can take how much time you're spending by creating an account according under profile and under statistics. 6. Step four: For step number four, is a prejudice towards type on a daily basis. By practicing the boards, you type every day, it should become more practical that you now have to just save. It will also have a greater success, which you're likely to spend 80% of the time coping. This step, I recommend that you use tin fast fingers, which is a website. And you can practice the most commonly used words in the language. On this website. You can also track your process by creating the account. You can track it in both the 200 thousand most useless and one day. You're going to also stretch. So different languages like sticking on this drop-down menu and selecting a preferred language. I recommend that you start with the 200 words. And once you have reached a word, a minute, OR, AND then start with the Atlanta Braves, the thousand most Jews. Or it can be frustrating to start slow speed like 30 words per minute. But know that it takes time. And if you keep practicing, you will get to where you can type a 100 words per minute. Or even much faster. By practicing divulge. Daily. Type much faster and become more efficient at typing in general. Website. That is good for you to practice. Words used on a daily basis is play that type Raisa.com. You can eat it, practice yourself or complete with others. We can also select different languages by clicking on the button here and then selecting the preferred language. Most of the center zones are quotes from movies. But you could also choose other genres under high pressure. So renewable sources, for example, jokes. I bring in temperature, can be a bit tricky because you have to type each word in exactly the same way. Rather, it is capitalized or not. Before it will let you continue. 7. Step five: So the last step, the most important step, goodness to focus on learning only the keys with leathers and not numbers or symbols. Reason why you should not practice numbers and losers is that it requires much more time and energy than what it is worth. In the beginning, I would recommend that you only learn the numbers if you use them on a daily basis. Because I think, and I reached taper on the types of numbers and symbols about 5% of the time. At the most. So sight words most of the time and not numbers and symbols. I also really just typing words. You can allow yourself to type very fast typing numbers or symbols. You will type at a much slower speed and focus on not making mistakes. Because your type numbers and symbols, There's often, it will be much harder to learn them. You will have forgotten data on. I think this step is very important because it is not only inefficient sort of learn to type numbers and symbols, but also because it is more time-consuming. My opinion is that you do not actually need to be able to shape numbers and symbols super colored. So say. The numbers and symbols are also the furthest away from the Homebrew, making it more awkward to type them. You're also need to hold down Shift, Command or Option. You type something specific symbols, which ultimately makes it more complicated to learn them. I think the best way to learn to type. So keep it simple and go through the process step-by-step. All of these five steps where how I learned to touch it, it took me a total of three months to touch on both the coordinate and Nicole Marc Laos. Since I just respect to quantity layout, because it was more convenient overseeing. The more I became fluent in typing Croce, I also forgot to type on coal. Make sure you're not just learn multiple layers and in Smith shoes and since turns out, bring his own conscience skill video to not have to remember. Each key is you're just has to know that they are unconsciously. 8. Recap : Okay, Oh recap. Is a truce. The right keyboard layout, which for the most people won't be cruelty because it is more convenient. But by learning other keyboard layout will become more skilled. Table. For step two is to start with the basics and on each key without looking at the keyboard. We're going to learn this on a website called typing club.com. For step number three, it will try different exercises, routines to become a bell type. But my recommendation is to try to keep your dot-com and practice in case you are not as good at. Step number four, you should practice towards retype the most on a daily basis. You can under website called Tim fast fingers.com. Or is the number five is a wide practicing numbers and symbols. As little cares a lot more time. And D will not be used as much as soon as the furthest away from the home row. Your little type on a more awkward position. As for some do's and don'ts, middle. And to not rush into the process. Tried different exercises instead of just a few. You should expect it too vague a lot of time so that you do not get disappointed and stop learning. So scoping should not look at the keyboard because it will give you a bad habit. And potentially, the whole process was pretty much it. For this course. I recommend you to watch this course later to keep it as a reminder of what things to focus on to keep your committed.