Typing is fun like playing a game, especially if you’re a writing lover. Whenever an idea comes to your head or you just want to chat over a computer, the feeling of scribbling things down on a computer is awesome.
Typing faster makes you a lot more productive. Research says that typing faster could save you 20 to 25 days every year just by typing faster!
Many people look up to faster typists and wish to handle a keyboard as they do. The truth is that none of them started that way, and they had to learn.
Here, you’ll learn how to type faster with some useful tips and techniques:
1. Find Correct Posture
To type well, the correct posture will be seated, straight-backed, and with your feet planted a little apart, flat on the ground, or on a support plain rod in your desk lower area. Your hands should also be positioned in such a way that your fingers can cover the keyboard. Position your head so you can look at the screen properly as well.
Adjust your chair as per your comfortable posture, so that you will not be forcing yourself into a posture. let your surroundings help you.
2. Get Familiar to your keyboard
The keyboard is your tool here, and to master this talent you need to get familiar with your tool. There are different keyboard layouts, the most common one is QWERTY. It is called that because of the letters that make the top left corner.
3. Start Slowly with correct fingers
Improving your speed as you type is a matter of developing your skill over time. However, the quickest way to master typing slow but maintaining the correct position of your fingers. Every key on your keyboard is meant for a particular finger. If this is your first time with correct finger typing, then you might spend a lot of time on this step. However, once you can type without looking at the keys, your speed will increase.
4. Stay persistent and Don’t Look at Your Hands
The whole essence of this step is to keep you from looking at your keyboard as you type so that your fingers are made to learn how the keys work.
If you are typing incorrectly while not looking at your hands, it okay, its totally okay. You are not the only one, it happens to everyone. You have to be persistent and try to correct your mistakes along the way.
5. Practice, Practice, Practice
Once your posture is up and you follow the above tips, you get your fingers where they should be, now you can only improve by practicing.
Spare some time on a daily basis to practice and master both accuracy and speed. With continuous practice, you will also notice that you make fewer errors with time.
Bonus:
- If you get bored easily by practicing try these games:
Typing Club
The Typing Cat
Typing.com - Dictation:
If you don't know what to type, you can play an audiobook in the background and can type what is said to you. This is the most effective technique. - Formal Training:
If you still can't manage to make these tips to work then you can try a lot of specially designed courses and programs that will boost your typing ability. If you’re willing to improve your skill, get any of these, and see how well they work for you:
Byte Pack
Peter's Online Course
Don’t just finish reading this article and expect that you’ll type faster. You do need to work on your skills. It takes time to type fast but, practice makes perfect!
Happy Typing! :)
