Typing speed test. As a beginner you might want to start off by testing your current typing speed.

You can easily monitor your progress at learning touch typing by testing yourself here regularly: speed typing test online

Bookmark: In order to better remember to do the lessons, you should put a bookmark on the bookmark bar as shown here:





How can I type faster? In your effort to learn to type faster, finger position is one of the most important basics. When you start on an lesson you must place your index fingers as shown at the image below.

This is the starting position, and the keys ASDF, for your left hand, and JKL;, for your right hand are called the 'home keys'.

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With your index fingers you can feel a bump on the keys 'F' and 'J'. When you type you must get back to these two keys as soon as a key has been pressed on the keyboard so that you know all the time where you are on the keyboard. If you don't find the keys 'F' and 'J' again you will get lost and make a lot of mistakes. For the same reasons the first lessons are done without ever moving your fingers from these two keys.

What is touch typing?





The next key is 'D'.

Touch typing without looking!

Touch typing, or blind typing as some calls it, means that you type without looking at the keyboard. To learn to do that finger position is very important. When you type you must use specific fingers for the same keys all the time as illustrated at the image above. If you don't do that you will soon loose your orientation and make mistakes. When you have found the two home keys, 'F' and 'J', you should strive to type with out looking at the keyboard. Look instead at the two hands at the virtual keyboard on your screen. Don't get frustrated if you do mistakes in the beginning. Every one does. After exercising for some time you will know by heart where the keys are and your touch typing will go much more smooth.You have two ways to determine what key to press next. First of all the next key to be pressed is highlighted by a yellow light around the key like this:Secondly the next key to be types is indicated by an arrow on the line you are typing like this:When you are a beginner at touch typing you should try to type with all ten fingers and without looking at the keyboard. By doing this you will of course make mistakes to begin with, but with some training it will become natural for you. Instead look at the keyboard depicted on the screen below the text.

If you type the wrong letter it will be highlighted by changing the font color to red. The number of typing errors you make is indicated at the right side of the top of the screen. If you half way through an lesson press 'Repeat' the number of errors will be reset and you can start over.

Posture.





When you are training touch typing the right sitting posture is important. Be sure to:



1. keep your feet flat on the floor.

2. have your thighs at level with the chair.

3. keep your back straight.

4. look at the screen in the most comfortable way, and look at an angle at about 12-15 degrees downwards.



Doing this you will avoid pain in your back and you will be able to type for a long time without great strain on your neck and shoulder.





Correct posture