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We've got all the tips and tricks you need to be a typing master. Step one: stop smacking the keyboard with a fish. Step two: watch this video. Boom. Master.

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00:03

[Dino and Coop singing]

00:13

You're probably pretty familiar with the fine art of typing. [Guy typing]

00:17

After all, you probably spent more time with laptops than rattles as a wee babe.

00:21

And fair enough: computers do have better graphics than any rattle we've ever seen. [Baby playing on a computer]

00:25

But on the off chance you need a refresher, or you're about to enter a Super Speedy Typing [Guy furiously typing]

00:30

competition…we've got your back.

00:32

One of the most important things when it comes to typing well has less to do with how fast

00:36

your fingers move…

00:38

…and more to do with where your fingers are when they aren't moving at all.

00:42

Man, don't you love it when an important part of doing something well is doing…well… [Guy looks exhausted]

00:47

nothing? [Coop and Dino look surprised]

00:48

Anyway, in proper typing technique, we have something called the "home" position:

00:52

put your left index finger on the "F" key…

00:55

…and let the other three fingers fall on the keys just to the left of "F": "D," "S,"

01:00

and "A."

01:01

We do something similar with the right hand, putting the right index finger on the "J" key… [Hands show the correct position]

01:06

…and the other three fingers on the keys just to the right of "J": "K," "L," and the

01:11

semicolon key.

01:13

As for your thumbs, they stay right over the space bar.

01:16

This home position is the base from which they launch periodic attacks on letter keys. [Fingers shooting at letter keys]

01:20

Of course, don't attack too hard; you're gonna want to use those keys again and again, so [A finger jumps on a key and pushes it]

01:24

play nice!

01:26

Now, with your fingers in the home position, practice typing all the different keys, using

01:30

nearby fingers to hit nearby keys.

01:32

For example, if you want to hit the "A" key, you could either use your left pinky, or left

01:36

ring finger…which ever one feels best!

01:38

But if you try and use your right thumb, you might end up looking pretty foolish. [The two hands on top of each other]

01:43

Once you've started to get the hang of which fingers should be hitting which key, you can

01:46

practice typing without looking down at the keyboard at all.

01:49

This is called touch-typing!

01:51

And be sure to focus on accuracy rather than speed.

01:54

You can be the fastest typist in the whole ding-dong West, but you won't impress anyone [Guy dressed as a cowboy]

01:58

if they can't read a ding-dong word you typed!

02:00

…sorry, we just liked saying, "ding-dong." [Guy types quickly but spells everything wrong]

02:03

And if you still don't believe us, think of it this way: if you're learning to swim, it's

02:07

better to learn to swim well rather than how to swim fast. [Guy swimming properly next to a guy that is flailing around]

02:10

You won't win any medals for being the fastest swimmer who …y'know…drowned.

02:15

Once you've mastered touch-typing from the home position, you'll be even better at typing

02:19

than you already were.

02:20

Getting better at playing with a rattle, though, that's a completely different ding-dong lesson altogether. [Guy is confused by a rattle]

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