Touch Typing

UNIT 5
TOUCH TYPING
Learning outcome:
 Students are able to type at least 35 wpm using touch typing method
The productivity of a business depends on how things are done faster. To complete
your work faster it is important to develop typing skills. Typing helps you to work
comfortably on the computer, it aids in communicating with colleagues and
customers, creating documents, and finding new information.The fact of the matter is
that typing skills are the most important thing to learn, at any age, to make you a
more coveted employee. Employers are more likely to hire an experienced touch
typist than a hunt and peck typist, simply for efficiency.
Touch Typing used to be a skill taught to people who wished to join the
administration industry, now not only is it a must within this industry but every other
industry can benefit from the skill.
As you are aware, most people who are working will come into contact with a
computer during a standard working day. For some, this is a short time and others it
can be all day. Now imagine if that invaluable time currently spent typing on your or
your staff’s computer was reduced or even halved! Instantly there is more time
available for other tasks during the day, so if you have mounds of paperwork on your
desk and you find yourself looking at it thinking ‘this is going to take me all day’, then
developing the touch typing skill could be the answer.
The productivity of a business depends on how things are done faster. To complete
your work faster it is important to develop typing skills. Typing helps you to work
comfortably on the computer, it aids in communicating with colleagues and
customers, creating documents, and finding new information.
The 6 Benefits of Touch Typing:
1. Speed - This is going to be the first and most obvious benefit of learning to touch
type. A touch typist can easily reach typing speeds above 75-80 words per minute,
while a non-trained individual is around 10. This is increased by the fact that an
accomplished touch typist doesn’t have to look at the keyboard. Not only will you
become more efficient, but you will also be able to direct focus where required.
2. Accuracy - One of the most important things to learn no matter how hard you
type is to type accurately. This increase yours or your staff’s confidence in their
document production as they will know what they are writing is spelt correctly and
grammatically accurate.
3. Time - If you increase your typing speed for example, from say 30 words per
minute to 60, you have effectively halved the time it would take you to do the same
amount of work. An average two finger typist, typing at a speed of 10 words per
minute, will type a 170-word section in about 17 minutes. A touch typist, on the other
hand, typing at an average 60 words per minute, can type the same section in
around 4 minutes. It has been proven that a trained touch typist can save around 20
– 35% of their time used on a computer through learning this skill.
4. Decrease Fatigue - Typing is both psychologically and physically exhausting

when done for long periods of time. Learning to touch type properly reduces mental
and physical fatigue. Mentally, it keeps you from having to focus on two things at
once. All you have to worry about is your output, not finding the individual keys.
Physically, it keeps you from constantly having to bend your head over the keyboard
to find your next couple of keystrokes.
5. Health - Overall, touch typing is better for your health. You’re not hunched over
looking at the keys, and using all of your fingers actually reduces the risk for
repetitive stress injuries (RSI).
6. Productivity - By learning touch typing, you shall become more productive and
even increase your own or your staff’s confidence. Time is nearly halved and errors
will become near enough non-existent. Touch typing is a skill to be proud of and is
desired within most industries.
The Basics of Touch Typing
The "home row" is the center row of keys on a typewriter or computer keyboard. On
the most common type of English language keyboard, the QWERTY layout, "A S D
F" and "J K L ;" are the home keys on the home row.
Learn the Home Keys as displayed in the picture below.
Notice that on the keyboard diagram, the keys you have learned are darker and
tinted with their background color. Now locate the Spacebar on the diagram. You use
the Spacebar to insert spaces between letters and words. You press it by using the
thumb of your writing hand (that is, the hand you use for writing). You do not use the
thumb of your other hand.
Practice typing with your computer. Follow the technique that you have learned
above.
Key each line twice. Double-space after each pair of lines (remember, that means
pressing Enter after you key the line the first time and pressing Enter twice after you
key the line the second time).
1 asdf jkl; asdf jkl; asdf jk l; as df jkl
2 ;lkj fdsa ;lkj fdsa a;sl dkfj fdjk sa l;
3 fk dk sl a; fds jkl asd ;lkj k fd asf lj
4 sdl fdk kls ad; jfd salk klas dsf; flks;
Key each line twice. Double-space after each pair of lines.

Left-hand focus
5 fdsa asdf ff dd ss aa fd sa ds af asf fd
6 asdf df df sd sd as as fa af das fad saa
7 fads df as dfaa ddfs fada dada fafa sasa
Right-hand focus
8 jkl; ;lkj jj kk ll ;; jk l; kl j; jk; jk
9 jkl; l; l; kl kl jk jk ;j j; ;lk ;lk kjj
10 jlkj l; jk jll lkjj kkjl klk jkkl; kllj;
Home Keys
11 asdf jkl; fjdk l;sa fjk jfd dkl kds; all
12 jk df dk jf sl a; fjd kds; akl kdsl dkll
13 adkl dajk kads lfds; ljds jfds lks; jdlk
14 as a dad; all lads; all fads; as a lass;
15 lads; dads; as sad; lass; as all; a fad;
Activity
Your lecturer will set up a classroom for you at typing.com. Take the Beginner-
Advanced Lessons there. Your average speed and accuracy in typing will be
monitored.

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4. Decrease Fatigue - Typing is both psychologically and physically exhausting

Key each line twice. Double-space after each pair of lines.

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