Touch-typing involves using all fingers without looking at the keyboard, enhancing productivity and professionalism. Key benefits include increased typing speed, reduced errors, improved ergonomics, and saved time. To start, place fingers on home keys and follow a finger guide while practicing to break the habit of looking at the keyboard.

1. Touch-Typing
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2. What is touch-typing?
› Type using all one’s fingers and without looking at the
keys.

3. What is NOT touch-typing?
› Type without using all one’s fingers.
– Even if you are typing words correctly.
– Even if you are not looking at the keyboard.

4. Why should you touch-type?
› If the computer is your daily tool then you should use it
properly.
› To increase your productivity and have more success.
– Complete tasks and jobs more quickly
– Have more free time to sit back and think up ideas
– Or just try out alternatives (in terms of coding)
› It looks more professional

5. Benefits of touch-typing
› Accelerate your typing speed
› Focus of your text and ideas
› Get rid of typos
› Improve your ergonomics
› Save valuable work time
› Be confident with computers

6. What are the basics?
› All the fingers are first placed on their “home keys”.
› Use bumps or nipples on the F and J keys to position
your left and right index fingers respectively.
› The thumbs rest on the space bar.
› Practice: ASDF ;LKJ ASDF ;LKJ
ASDF ;LKJ ASDF ;LKJ ASDF ;LKJ
ASDF ;LKJ ASDF ;LKJ ASDF ;LKJ
ASDF ;LKJ ASDF ;LKJ ASDF ;LKJ

7. What’s next?
› You can practice other keys combination
› But with my method, practice can be done with your daily
typing.
› Yes, we are all very busy… and lazy!

8. How to start?
› Get the finger guide printed and stick it in front of your
working space just above the screen (or on the left or right
of your screen).
› Stop looking at the keyboard while you are typing.
› Instead, look at the finger guide.
› Remember to always refer to the finger guide in case of
errors.
› The secret is to STOP looking at the keyboard.

9. The finger guide overview

10. Demo, Practice and Interactions

11. Practice & Speed Test
› http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/test.php

12. Thank you for your time
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