Typing certificate – a subject that one person knows a bit about, the other something different. But nobody seems to have a clear idea of what this really is. In this article, I’ll walk you through the important aspects of a typing certificate and help you choose the best one for you. The most important…
Typing test is an important part of learning touch typing. That’s what tells you how fast you can type. It is used as a way to compare yourself and see your improvement in black on white. Even though typing tests aren’t the most accurate way to measure your improvement in learning touch typing they are…
In this article, I will show you how to install a custom layout on Windows. In order to understand this article, you should know what a keyboard layout is. If you don’t you can read about it here – ARTICLE WHAT IS A KEYBOARD LAYOUT What is a custom layout? The custom layout gives you…
Whenever you read about typing speed you come across a few things that might be hard to understand. You can see that somebody is typing with a certain WPM speed or CPM speed. Even if you know what that means it can be hard to picture the speed. That’s why I wrote this article for…
QWERTY, Colemak, and Dvorak are three of the most popular layouts (not counting QWERTY modifications). QWERTY is used by the majority of people around the world. Dvorak and Colemak are the first custom layouts that people get interested in. Today I will talk about those three layouts – their strengths and weaknesses as well as…
This layout is one of the most popular ones right after the basic three – QWERTY, Dvorak, and Colemak. In fact, Workman is very similar to Colemak. Although it does change some things. You might say that it’s the next generation. First, there was QWERTY, Dvorak improved upon it, then Colemak improved upon Dvorak, and…
This article is for everyone who doesn’t know how to or has trouble changing their keyboard layout to some standard one (which comes with the system). It doesn’t show you how to change to custom layouts – that’s a bit more advanced. Here I will walk you through changing your keyboard layout step by step…
Sometimes it happens that you press one key and for some reason, the other one registers. Then you press it again and you are surprised because it happens a second time. Now you think that your keyboard is broken. But it’s might be just a different layout. Windows even itself can change the layout to…
Typing without looking at your keyboard is a very useful skill. It lets you finally take your eyes off the keyboard and focus on the thing you are doing. It’s like when playing video games – you don’t want to look at your keyboard, you want to look at the game. Looking at your monitor…
Most of us know that QWERTY isn’t the best layout out there. Especially people who want to see a comparison between Dvorak and Colemak. You already know about the QWERTY and you want to change to another layout. If so, this article is for you. I will compare those two both good layouts and tell…