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I'm a 'true typist' too, learnt to touch type on a regular typewriter about forty years ago. Can still remember what a big deal it was to use the first word processors that allowed you to type one line on a screen and correct if needed before printing it onto a page. No predictive text/autocorrect to annoy you back then!

love the reaction I get from people when I'm typing away but looking at them and joining in their conversation at the same time!! It ain't rocket science, just ingrained in my soul

Hee hee it's even better when you're typing in one language & speaking in another - great fun.

Took me a while to be able to train my mind to switch between qwerty & azerty keyboards though!

love the reaction I get from people when I'm typing away but looking at them and joining in their conversation at the same time!! It ain't rocket science, just ingrained in my soul

Hee hee it's even better when you're typing in one language & speaking in another - great fun.

Took me a while to be able to train my mind to switch between qwerty & azerty keyboards though!

That's actually the great thing about the iPhone and iPad that you can have all the different keypads on the one device!

Whilst we're on the subject of learning to type, anyone else here do shorthand? I was Pitmans trained and whilst I haven't written it for yonks, I can still remember it, particularly "short-forms"!! I'd be rusty and slow, but I've never forgotten how to do it....

My first job was working in an estate agents with a manual typewriter and I can remember the elation when I got there one day to be confronted with a brand new IBM golf-ball ELECTRIC one!!! I was over the moon!!!

love the reaction I get from people when I'm typing away but looking at them and joining in their conversation at the same time!! It ain't rocket science, just ingrained in my soul

I do that with piano playing!

Oooh you are a clever lot. I had a portable Adler then an electric Brother then an Apple laptop then Vaio laptop and iPad. Love the rapid technology advance in our lifetimes. My next little desire is to replace my two year old S2 mobile with a Note3 :0O for the bigger size. Anyone know a good deal?

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Me too. Though I learned to type on a manual typewriter when you couldn't just back-space to make corrections.

Me too!!! Those were the days.....

Me too, too!

Remember hours spent typing asdf asdf asdf asdf?

And :lkj
We are going waaaaaaaaay back

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

!!!!!!!!!

Shorthand? Yup, though I never used it for work. In 1954 I passed the Pitman typing and shorthand exams in my last year at school. And imaginative English teacher started a mixed Commercial class. Those of us who had to stay on to pass O levels had to join - it was the only time I enjoyed school and I'm so grateful for the vision of Mr Morris. I'm sure he didn't realise our skills would be so useful.

Yes I back space - it's quicker than fiddling with the mouse but double click whole words when checking for typos.

The only time I need to look at the keyboard is when typing passwords in the sign in link. Just seeing dots on the screen confuses me. Typing on an iPad I find impossible.

I still double space after a full stop, though I've been told that computers do that for you.

And double 'return' between paragraphs.

Despite my 'skills' at shorthand I refuse to use textspeak (there's no difference) though later in life, when giving lectures, delighted in doing the quick brown fox thing in shorthand on the board. Good ice breaker that!!

Oh, shorthand ruined my handwriting but those manual typewriters sure gave me strong little fingers, though never found that of any use.