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Do you look at the keyboard when you're typing?

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    Not often. I usually look when I first press a key, but the rest comes naturally after that.​
     

    Mr.Kirby

    off the wall
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    Sadly, most of the time I do look at the keyboard when I type, it's slower but it gives me time to think about what I'm typing. And I always have to think about what I'm typing at least three times. Though if I know exactly what I want to say, I won't look at the keyboard.
     

    Beelzebub

    under the crimson air
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    Sometimes. 8[ Just because my keyboard is getting more frequently broken, and...I don't want to make a typo.
     
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    Normally, I keep looking at the screen when I type, and almost never look at the key board.
    But when I see that I've made a mistake while typing, I'll take a quick glance at the keyboard and then look back at the screen.
    I also look at the keyboard when I'm typing some hard symbols like '$', '%', '~' and so on.
     
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    Not anymore. I rarely need to look at the keyboard when I am typing since I took keyboarding classes in high school. I had plenty of practice by posting on message boards which started around the same time I took a keyboarding class. What a coincidence.

    Only time I look at a keyboard is on buttons I rarely use like the Home, Print Screen, Page Up, and the F1-F12 keys.
     

    toxin

    TOXIN
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    No, I don't look at the keyboard at all. If I make a mistake, I know what key I pressed and I can easily fix it. In 6th grade we had a really mean computer teacher who made my class type for 55 minutes a day (whole classes).
     
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    Michii

    as in Mishy
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    I rarely look at the keyboard when I type now. I only use it when I'm typing something that I'm not completely sure of. Like I look at my keyboard whenever I start a post to have the [ for my font size. After that, though, I never look at the keyboard.

    Oh, I also look at the keyboard while I'm photoshopping. If I need to paste something or select something fast, I have to look at the control button.
     

    Guillermo

    i own a rabbit heh
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    Sometimes I do, yeah. Most of the time my fingers seem to move on their own and I don't really need to look at the keyboard. I didn't look at the keyboard to type this.
     

    viridian doubletongue

    the world's greatest thief
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    mostly not, now. Though if I'm in the dark, sometimes I get disorientated just because i rely on my peripheral vision just to be sure I'm in the right place on the keyboard. so i might have to just shine a light and look down, otherwise my typing xo,es pput hike ykis.
     
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    mostly not, now. Though if I'm in the dark, sometimes I get disorientated just because i rely on my peripheral vision just to be sure I'm in the right place on the keyboard. so i might have to just shine a light and look down, otherwise my typing xo,es pput hike ykis.
    You basically saved me from writing a reply. I often look for the first letter when I start typing and then my hand just work from there. The more I look at the keyboard the slower I will type.
     

    Mitchman

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    Playing all those close eyes to see how accurate you can type games payed off and as a result my index fingers know the keyboard like the buttons on the elevator.
     
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    It depends, I usually don't look at the keyboard, but I will ocassionaly glance at it or look at it all the time if I'm making a lot of typos that day.
     

    Ho-Oh

    used Sacred Fire!
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    Nope. I touch type for everything except when I'm typing passwords.
     
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