Tips to improve your typing speed

         Typing is a major skill that most people need to use today. As the use of computers becomes more and more important in every profession, people are required to type as part of their jobs.
However, most people never had proper training in typing. This gives rise to an interesting situation, where computer users have to spend large amounts of their time "fighting" the keyboard, instead of using it effectively.
Despite this situation, it is not as difficult as it seems to achieve good skill as a typist. It is just a matter of some training and looking for the necessary information that can be found in the Internet, for example.
Here are some tips that I believe can be helpful in improving your typing speed.

Fast typing tips #1: Learn the correct position of fingers in the keyboard

You can improve a lot if you stop using the "one finger method". We have five fingers in each hand, and they can be used to improve the speed of your typing. Several web sites have charts with the correct position for each hand, just use them and practice even a little each day.

Fast typing tips #2: Learn to type without looking at the keyboard

This is first step to mastering the art of typing. You can start doing this after you learn the proper position of the fingers. Using this technique you will be able to concentrate on the result on the screen, and not in where your fingers are going. This can provide a great increase in you speed.

Avoid correcting mistakes immediately

One of the things that decrease your speed is the urge to fix typing problems as they happen. If you get used to continue typing even if you see some mistakes you will learn faster, because you will be in continuous practice. This will also decrease your error rate, because now you will be focused on doing it right, not on fixing your typos.

Try to type faster for small periods of time

A good exercise is to try to type at maximum speed during short periods of time, even if you have a few mistakes. The goal is to increase your response time, so that you can continue typing faster even after the exercise.
When you type faster, your hands start to adapt to that speed level with time. You will make a lot of mistakes at the beginning, because you are not trained to type at high speed. However, consider this just training for your hands. When you return to normal speeds, you will see that you have improved your accuracy and speed.

 

Conclusion

Typing fast and accurately is an important skill. Using these tips regularly, you will see that your speed will improve steadily. This skill you help you to be more productive and finish your work faster than you are currently doing.