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Typing

Getting faster and more comfortable at the keyboard itself, for anyone who types all day, whether they learned properly or picked it up on the job.

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    Typing

    How to learn touch typing as an adult: a daily routine

    A touch typing routine you can keep beside a working day: the home row, which finger takes each key, fifteen minutes a day on free sites, and accuracy first.

Every shortcut, keyboard and app on this site rests on one skill. This section is about that skill: touch typing, speed and accuracy, the tests and practice sites, other layouts, and other ways to get words in, from dictation to one-handed typing. Comfort here means habits and setup, such as breaks and keyboard height; pain is a question for a clinician.

If you never learned properly, how to learn touch typing as an adult is a daily routine that fits beside a working day: the home row, which finger takes each key, fifteen minutes on free sites, and accuracy before speed.

Inside Learning to touch type, Typing speed and tests, Practice sites and games, Accuracy before speed, Alternative layouts, Typing for kids, Laptop versus external keyboard, One-handed and accessible typing, Dictation and voice typing, Breaks and hand comfort

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