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I never learned to "Touch Type". I am tired of "Hunt and Peck" method I am using currently.
Do you know of a program that I can use to teach myself how to touch type?
Ed
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I taught myself touch typing when I was 18 or so on a Commodore Business Machine. It took a couple weeks, but the rule was, never look at the keyboard. If I made a mistake, find the backspace key and find the right key, without looking. The only thing I allowed myself to do was, before starting any typing session, stare at the keyboard for a minute or so and visualize typing different words and where the letters were.
At the end of the first week I was proficient enough, and by the second week I never needed to look at the keyboard. Since then, I can look at any (US) keyboard for a few minutes and adapt quickly.
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Thank you, but I am not that good! 
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Notepad.
Dunno if it is the same, but we had to learn "blind" typing in school. The first exercise was to type from paper without looking at the keyboard. Anything you can read without looking at the keyboard goes.
You'll need a good keyboard tough; you need to feel "f" and "j".
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Go to ParentThank you, but I am not that good! Hmmm |
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I used "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" - but back then it was a Windows 3 app.
The latest version is Win 10, but I have no idea how good it might or might not be!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Thank you, I will check it out
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I learned how to type on a manual type writer in junior high school. At my best I could type 65-70 words per minute.
I still type very fast, but not as accurate.
I would search Google for the best typing tutor software, etc. if I were you.
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Thank you, but I am not that good! Hmmm |
ed
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Thank you,I'll check it out
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Went through the same exercise back around 1990. I just got a book (what's that?) out of the public library. I think it was from the 50's. Rule #1: If you make a mistake, backspace to the beginning of that word and retype it. Improves accuracy. Look at the screen only. I am still a little crappy on numbers though.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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theoldfool wrote: Look at the screen only
exactly. we used to get in so much trouble if we were caught looking at the keys and not the "paper". Yeah, I learned to type with paper, no monitor. but the ideas is the same.
cheers
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Thank you!
I remember books!
ed
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I am sure there is a “learn to type for free site” that throws captchas at the students every once in a while.
They sell the captcha solutions to pay for the site!
Caveat Emptor (if it is free… you are the product)
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NATIONAL CHEESE LOVER'S DAY - January 20, 2022 - National Today[^]
What's your favorite cheese?
Being lactose intolerant, I can really only eat goat cheese (my favorites are Midnight Moon and Drunken Goat) and cow-cheese that is aged, like a real aged cheddar, not the cheap crap in the grocery store that simulates the flavor of an aged cheese.
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Then you must try Livarot.
But only if you find the smell of Munster to be mild. Otherwise Livarot will clean your sinuses.
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Ah real stinky french cheese, how I miss them.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I bought one in Cannes, when on a cruise and brought it to the table for an evening meal.
All 10 people immediately held their noses and found someplace else to sit. 
I thought the cheese was good but don't remember the name.
ed
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I've had a single stay in France in my entire life. Before I returned home, I went to a cheese shop, aided by one French lady that all the others pointed out as The Gourmet, buying about 5 kilograms of well matured French cheese.
I have only once in my life had my luggage lost when out travelling. The one time it happened, my lost suitcase contained 5 kilograms of well matured French cheese. This was in midsummer. My suitcase was recovered after about one day. I also had some clothes in the suitcase that I hadn't used on the trip. , I sent them another round through the washing machine, however, and even after that, there was no doubt that the T-shirts had made close French connections 
The cheese was great, though. It survived an extra day in summer temperatures.
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Lincolnshire poacher, when accompanied by homemade medlar jelly. A marriage made in heaven.
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Try a proper Italian Parmesan - I buy the 22/24 month matured, and it is truly wonderful. Generally, I buy about 1/32nd of a wheel (around 1KG, but it varies) and pay around £16 - but it's worth it!
For anyone who buys "pre grated parmesan" - it's nothing like that at all!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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