How did u learn to type?

I learned in Elementry school and kept it going through the grades.

Actually, I never really did or I self taught - which may explain why I have so many typos - but it works for me. In high school, I was a science bound kid so when an advisor recommended typing, I called him sexist (or chuvanist woukd have been the word then) and took my science courses. I actually only need four courses toi graduate but took six because I was aiming for a prestigious university and typing would not have been recognized by them.

I can't say I regret it. I picked it up over the yrs - even made money filling in mainframe computer cards (data processing as an undergrad) so I do not see it as any big deal. I type about 100 words a minute but I have an assistant who does that sort of stuff for me at work - so I can't screw up the really important work related stuff, lol

I taught myself.
We didnt have a lot of technology growing up.

Originally Posted by Talon

I learned to type in typing class in high school... on those manual typewriters with round keys that were on a simple lever. No electricity for me!

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Me too Trace........but we luckily had electric!!

Took a one semester course in high school. Fellow classmates included other science geeks and those who - sigh - I oftened wondered how they had enough brains to exist in the real world.

We had manuals, but took turns on the 4 electrics. Yep, this was in the olden days...

I took some community college typing classes.

It was manuals in the business college where I took typing and shorthand in the mid 60s. Tanks they were!

I remember taking a course in high school for typing, but about the only thing I remember was being really bad at it. I am SO right hand dominant that typing did not come naturally or easily to me, as my left hand didn't know what to do not mirroring my right hand. This is also why playing piano wasn't really in the cards for me. I took the basics and made it work for me. I'm sure I'm no model typist, but I can type by touch. I'm no where near as fast as many here are, I think my top speed is somewhere around 70 wpm, but I get by.

I probably should add that while I my type many wpm, I have such a high error rate that I doubt I;d ever get a job based on those skills, lol And my high school had selectrics but they were new - I recall some of my friends being practically gaga over their IBM selectric, lol I was happy to get one myself later on to be honest, <g>

At college, IMT..still learning!

Originally Posted by WellingtonCats

At college, IMT..still learning!

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Sam, I'm sure you're getting loads of practice here too!

Technique and fingering etc in highschool, speed and agility by just doing lots of it. It's a huge part of my job and I'm at about 120 wpm now. It's fun - I really like typing.

In the 3rd grade I started to learn, and then I started going on forums, and I got alot of practice. After two years od daily practice (I started going on here in 7th grade) I could type MUCH better. I used to type like this

"how re u?"

Then went to

"Hey there, how are you?"

Hm... learned it at an earlier age...... forgot it... did it some more in middle school... forgot it... decided to take keyboarding 1 in high school... remembered it.. took keyboarding II got A+ in it. I can go about 75 wpm normally which isnt bad, and about 100 or 110 if I go faster. I dont have to look at the keyboard ever either until I start thinking about where the keys are and then I freak out and misspell things. Its kind of weird how I can just be thinking this in my head and then moving my fingers around and I know exactly where my fingers need to go without even really thinking about it. It's kind of creepy. Still have problems with the number keys a little and the ones next to the P and stuff there. I was never good at doing the numbers though. But... Eh...

woot look at me type and its really actually freaking me out that I can type so fast and not have to look at the keys.

My mom... SHEESH.... at least your dad ASKS FOR HELP Pamela... my mom.. pulls out the keyboard... points out her index finger and proceeds to type.. one .... letter... at... a... time... and then she misspells things and Im just like... MOM... get of my chair. Step away from the computer.... I swear .. that woman would ask where the remote for the computer was if someone hadnt already shown her where the on button was. O_O She can talk for EVER AND EVER AND EVER, and I could keep up with her!. It would take me FIVE MINUTES to type her things up. Like when she did her resume.. she would take like three hours.. and then it would sound like a nine year old wrote it. She would write things like

I like people. I am a hard worker. I do good in social places.

.... I could give her a resume in five minutes thats really good but I see her point when she says she wants it to come from her... though its not like she has alot of writing to do in the jobs she has applied for. My mom is dyslexic too BTW.. and its mostly in numbers... but she has never been able to memorize the keyboard things, her mind cant grasp the concept.. but still stubbornly refuses to let me type things up for her. Gah. Mothers... ( no offence to mothers who would take offence to this)

Back in Elementary School we would go to the computer lab and place these games to learn how to type. They were pretty fun for 8 year olds. The funny thing is we used those old Apple, and MAC computers. That was a long time ago before the internet, like late 80's. haha just thinking of those old computers makes me laugh. With all this new technology makes me wonder what did we do before the internet

Grade 9 typing!!!! That was the first high school class where I was sent to the office. It was for "cheating". What actually happened is that I was experimenting with disks and saving (didn't have a home computer at the time), seeing what I could do and I transfered a file onto another girl's disk. Well, since that file had been homework, the teacher considered it cheating and told us both to go to the office. I told him she had had nothing to do with it, so only I went. The vp called my mom (who was totally on my side lol) and then I had to write an essay on dishonesty, which I totally made up to say what the VP wanted to hear (aka it was all bull ). Actually, I believe I wrote it during math class. Anyway, got the typing basics from that class and improved upon it greatly once I went to university. Writing term papers does that for you

Just a tip - there are some terrific typing programs now available. Our computer science teacher is constantly searching for the "best" software, and uses the other teachers as guinea pigs. I learned to type in the U.S., and had trouble with the German keyboard until I tested some German typing software. I can't believe how much it helped to improve my speed and accuracy.

I did a secretarial course when I was 16 and learnt to touch type on an electronic typewriter, but we also had to learn to type using a manual one - good fun using the carbon sheets! Used to be able to type approx 90 words a minute, not sure what my speed is now. Did all my RSA stages in Typing, audio typing and wordprocessing.

I have to note that when I did the online test, I scored 110 which is good (I think?) but I had an 11% error rate so I'd be turfed out of any job that required good skills in keyboarding, lol It's funny because I made money in the summers as a speech writer for a political party and even wrote for a local newspaper. Thank God for spell check (which I wish we had on this site ). Spellcheck has been a Godsend!

Originally Posted by CyberKitten

I have to note that when I did the online test, I scored 110 which is good (I think?) but I had an 11% error rate so I'd be turfed out of any job that required good skills in keyboarding, lol It's funny because I made money in the summers as a speech writer for a political party and even wrote for a local newspaper. Thank God for spell check (which I wish we had on this site

). Spellcheck has been a Godsend!

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Check this out: http://www.iespell.com/ It was originally recommended by Eva-loves-cats, and I've found it works very well on this site.