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Productivity: Develop and Improve Your Typing Speed
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Have you ever wanted to boost your productivity levels to a significantly higher extent in the office in the most effective way? Well, improving your typing speed is among the best actionable ways.
As technology integrates into several industry sectors, the skill to type has become an increasingly important facilitating factor in the workforce, but it is often neglected. On average, a full-time office worker could spend nearly 22.3 hours typing, according to a survey conducted by typing.com. Another study conducted in collaboration with the Universities of Cambridge in the UK and Aalto in Finland concluded that fast typists tend to make fewer mistakes, implying higher productivity.
So, what are the best ways to improve your typing speed? There are several methods, which will be covered later in the article, but understanding the popular and well-recognized general manner and formation of typing, touch typing, is crucial.
Touch typing refers to the ability to type without having to look down at the keys of a keyboard, utilizing all ten fingers accurately in designated movements. Touch typing may seem simple in overview, but in practice, it takes a long time to develop muscle memory to become efficient and proper.
