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SharkOnLand wrote:I took "keyboarding" back in middle school, 7th grade I think. They had an RV with about 20 typewriters (the IBM ones with the ball thingy) in it, and it went around to all the schools in the area, we'd have the class like once a week or something like that...

I can pretty much type without looking, but, as a lot of people here, I have to look for symbols and stuff, but I've retained it pretty well.

The classic IBM Selectric! I'll bet 90% of us 40-50 somethings learned on that machine.

took keyboarding back in jr high and being that I occasionally need to code programs I can mostly type without looking at the keys but normally its a combination of both looking and not looking as my fingers run a little fast at times.

chippewa wrote:

SharkOnLand wrote:I took "keyboarding" back in middle school, 7th grade I think. They had an RV with about 20 typewriters (the IBM ones with the ball thingy) in it, and it went around to all the schools in the area, we'd have the class like once a week or something like that...

I can pretty much type without looking, but, as a lot of people here, I have to look for symbols and stuff, but I've retained it pretty well.

The classic IBM Selectric! I'll bet 90% of us 40-50 somethings learned on that machine.

I learned on a machine very similar to that. My typing class at school was the last year they used actual typewriters and not computers/keyboards. I took it as a freshman so that would have been 1990.

None of the above. I don't type properly but I know where the keys are and can type rather quickly while rarely looking at the keyboard. I taught myself to type in chat rooms as a young teen where speed was everything. I did take a course in high school and did great.. as long as the teacher wasn't watching exactly how I was typing

We used to get 6 report cards a year and in 9th grade everybody was required to take typing for 2 marking periods. I wish I had paid attention.

chippewa wrote:

SharkOnLand wrote:I took "keyboarding" back in middle school, 7th grade I think. They had an RV with about 20 typewriters (the IBM ones with the ball thingy) in it, and it went around to all the schools in the area, we'd have the class like once a week or something like that...

I can pretty much type without looking, but, as a lot of people here, I have to look for symbols and stuff, but I've retained it pretty well.

The classic IBM Selectric! I'll bet 90% of us 40-50 somethings learned on that machine.

And then there are people my age ...

There is no option for me. I hunt and peck, but I don't always have to look at the keyboard (and have been tested at 70 wpm with my technique.)

popcornjack wrote:There is no option for me. I hunt and peck, but I don't always have to look at the keyboard (and have been tested at 70 wpm with my technique.)

the same word over and over doesn't count Jack...

SMLCHNG wrote:Ahhhh.. then this came along!!



Interchangeable fonts..

Yup. That's what I learned on. Took a year of typing in HS - maybe the most valuable thing I learned. Hit 73 WPM one time. Zoom!

Had a typing class about 27 years ago. My typing has improved a lot the last 6 years working for the postal service. I'm required to do a minimum of 7150 keystrokes per hour, averaging 9000 to 10,000. Don't know what that would translate to in words per minute.