Do you look at the keyboard while typing?

India
April 25, 2009 9:07pm CST
Well , I have not done a typing course so honestly ,I have to look at the keyboard to look and reach out where each and every button is situated but now i am getting a little practiced using often so I remember some of the keys. Do you look at the keyboard for searching the buttons or type directly seeing at the moniter?
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@Setto24 (122)
• Indonesia
27 Apr 09
YEs.. .I always look at my keyboard while typing something. Especially my left finger, I always in E, S, D, and ofcourse A button. that's what I remember to type. LOL. but, it doesnt matter of me of I typing and look at the keyboard and sometimes looking at the monitor. My friend ask me, "Hey, what R you doin?" Oh, man... Im doing typing.... but I answer, "Just make sure that "A" button is in my left middle finger"
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@siZidni (1860)
• Indonesia
27 Apr 09
i think you should take "kursus 10 Jari" (10 fingers typing. most of us might use 11 fingers instead of ten don't we? ha2 :) well. i think you type fast enough i can see you from my booth.. :)
• United States
26 Apr 09
I don't look at the keyboard when I type. I look at the words I'm typing. But I took typing lessons during middle school where the teacher would actually put a piece of paper over your hands and disable the delete button so you had to see your mistakes and get better at typing.
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@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
26 Apr 09
That is an excellent method for teaching people to type. It certainly prevents cheating. You will learn more quickly if you challenge yourself and force yourself to not cut corners. Thanks for sharing this crazyredhead. Cheers.
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
26 Apr 09
I have used computer for a very long time. And therefore I don't have to look at the keyboard to type it. Usually I will look at the monitor to see whether I have a misspelling. I love China
• India
26 Apr 09
Yeah, that seems very obviously from the number of responses and discussions you have posted. Thanks for the reply n Have a Nice Day !!
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
1 May 09
I'm not an expert typist so I have to look in the keyboard when typing. I am quite acquainted in typing now because of mylot but the problem is it is not the right typing method or the right places of fingers in the keyboard. Right now I'm learning to type properly with the help of typing software I downloaded. It is pretty helpful and I'm learning to do it the right way. It is hard at first but with patience it could be done. It will be rewarding once I learned how to touch type, I wouldn't need to look at the keyboard anymore.
• India
2 May 09
Hey, can you tell me that from which site you downloaded this typing software.Maybe I can grab one too. Thanks for the Reply n Happy Mylotting!!
@Archie0 (5652)
26 Apr 09
Sometimes i do look at my keyboard while typing but mostly i type so fast and never look down. i have not done any typing course too. but i got habitual as i am always online and got lots of work to be completed here itself so i got used to type without seeing the keyboard.
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@sammyspam (374)
• Australia
26 Apr 09
I no longer need to look at the keyboard when I am typing, I use the keyboard for hours everyday so its a very simple task to do now. When i first started using the computer I did alot of typing skill programs to increase my speed and accuracy. I think its helpful being able to type quickly and without looking. There are lots of great free typing programs out there for anybody who wishes to get better keyboard skills!
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@nainesh1 (1656)
• India
26 Apr 09
I also have to look at keyboard as I hasn't done any typing course but I am getting better as the time passes. Can you suggest me any typing software or any site which gives a lessons for practice ? or working with mylot is better as when you mis spell here it gets underlined.
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
Not all the time. I memorize the keys but sometimes when using different keyboard (aside from mine) espcially if it's not as soft as mine, I would look at it from time to time. I've been dealing with computers for years now so I'm no longer have to look at the keys all the time while typing.
• United States
26 Apr 09
If I look at my keyboard I mess up.. so my answer is no I do not look at the keyboard. I use both hands and type anywhere from 50-80 words per minute. I just find it so much easier for me not to look... lol I do understand that some have the two finger typing or have to watch each letter they type. I have friends that way and say "how do you do that" I just say, "lots and lots of practice" :) :) Have a Blessed day..
• India
26 Apr 09
I now am trying to practice a lot to mastering this art of typing to perfection. Thanks for the reply n Happy Mylotting!!
• India
7 May 09
Even i don't look at the keyboard to type but when ever i put lo gin password then I'll see and type...most the letters are not visible at all in my keyboard...8 years old.
• China
27 Apr 09
Well,acematthews,As i think ppl who use a computer must to reach can without seeing the keyboard and typing quickly.That's prefessional.If you can't do it ,you're wasting more time to type.
@411space (55)
• United States
26 Apr 09
yep i sure do!But not for numbers just letters
• Canada
26 Apr 09
I look at the key board quite a lot when I type but I use only three or four fingers total to type. I know where the keys are and if I try not to look at the keyboard I am about 90% acurate typing what Im trying to type but I find its just easier to look cause then I dont screw up too much.
26 Apr 09
I'm the same as you - I do look at the keyboard when I type, yet I still manage to type pretty quickly. I am pretty good at typing accurately when I'm not looking at the keyboard but I don't feel as comfortable doing that. Whilst I've been typing this response, I've been looking at the keyboard about 90% of the time :D
@cheenlly (3476)
• Philippines
26 Apr 09
There are times that i look at the keyboards but most of the time i don't because i would really like to make it a habit not to look so i will be train myself to be a great typist and i really want to practice my typing skills. I think this is the best way and easiest way to learn the keys on the keyboard by not looking on it and i believe once i get used to it then i will increase my speed in typing.
@anetteh (3590)
• Sweden
26 Apr 09
When I went to school, I studyed economic, We had to learn the typewriter...it was before the computer time...lol. So yes, I have learned to write without to look at the keyboard...that make me able to write pretty much in any discussion. Take no time at all. Of couse, I do write some wrongs now or then, but I can feel it is wrong directly and do not need to look anyway...just use the delete button...lol
@maxilimian (3099)
• Indonesia
26 Apr 09
Funny question well sometimes i see keyboard to type, but sometimes don't, it is happening when i type miss match word when i'm pressing the keyboard button
• Indonesia
26 Apr 09
Em... i ued to looking at the keyboardewhile i am typing. But nowadays, i do not really 100 % looking at the keyboard again. Maybe only 20 % i am looking at my keybord for typing. I guest i have already use to type. HAHAHA. Practice will make us better.
26 Apr 09
At times when I feel lazy or tired I certainly have to look at the keyboard, though when I am feeling well and on song as a touch typer I feel no need to look at the keyboard. Being able to touchtype certainly has many advantages.
@arkasen (748)
• India
26 Apr 09
I don't look at keyboard all the time while typing. I look at it only if I had made a mistake in typing. I am a new user of mylot and ater being one week here actively I feel I have improved my typing speed greatly. I have look much less to keyboard now. Typing fast really help here earning more money because you can give more replies to discussions.