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by toddhicks209
Sun May 10, 2015 6:27 am
Forum: Website support
Topic: Can I make the typing test longer than 1 minute?
Replies: 5
Views: 21889

Re: Can I make the typing test longer than 1 minute?

For those of you who have tried Typing Boss, what do you think about it? What I dislike about it is that it provides exercises in a box featuring a drop-down arrow and once you finish typing the last line of text displayed, you must click that arrow to bring up subsequent lines. This can slow you do...
by toddhicks209
Sat May 09, 2015 7:47 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Typing tips
Replies: 176
Views: 1291478

Re: Typing tips

Melikepi, I couldn't get your link to work.
by toddhicks209
Thu May 07, 2015 9:42 am
Forum: Website support
Topic: Can I make the typing test longer than 1 minute?
Replies: 5
Views: 21889

Re: Can I make the typing test longer than 1 minute?

Try typingboss.com. This site lets you take typing tests lasting anywhere from one minute to ten minutes.
by toddhicks209
Wed May 06, 2015 7:09 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Typing tips
Replies: 176
Views: 1291478

Re: Typing tips

Do you tend to type o-c when trying to type co words? You can overcome this by flipping up the fourth finger on your right hand while going for the C key with the second finger on your left hand. Type: could cost
by toddhicks209
Sun May 03, 2015 6:33 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Typing tips
Replies: 176
Views: 1291478

Re: Typing tips

When trying to type "the", do you often end up typing h-t-e or t-e-h? You can solve this problem by flipping up the second finger on your right hand and the fourth finger on your left hand while going for the T key with your left hand. Type: them they these
by toddhicks209
Fri May 01, 2015 6:48 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Typing tips
Replies: 176
Views: 1291478

Re: Typing tips

Type a lot. If you don't have a job that involves a lot of typing, you should do typing exercises almost every day here or on other sites such as Typing Test and Learn 2 Type even if you are advanced in order to improve your timing and reaction time.
by toddhicks209
Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:24 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Typing tips
Replies: 176
Views: 1291478

Re: Typing tips

Use the same finger to hit two keys that are in the same column. For example, you should use the third finger on your left hand to type a D and an E and use the third finger on your right hand to type a K and an I. Type: dew red kill like
by toddhicks209
Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:03 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Typing tips
Replies: 176
Views: 1291478

How to best use the keyboard

For ideal coverage of the keyboard, it is best to use your left hand to hit the T, G and V keys and all keys to the left of them and use your right hand to hit the Y, H and B keys and all keys to the right of them.
by toddhicks209
Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:48 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Improving Accuracy
Replies: 10
Views: 54317

Re: Improving Accuracy

You can spend anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour practicing typing per day to reach the level you want. The amount of time you spend should depend on how good you already are and how much spare time you have. I used to spend about half an hour to an hour doing typing exercises almost each day. Now ...