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It is amazing how fast CPU speed and harddisk space can advance in recent years. What's more "amazing" is perhaps we are still using the same keyboard and mouse as we did 15 years ago. Our computer input paradigm hasn't changed much, still the same old routine: typing - mouse-click - interrupts due to flow of thought - typing again.Here we review 5 inventions and technologies that could one day make it easier for us to work with computers and be able to match with the productivity of typing on a keyboard: Software aided typing, DVORAK keyboard, ergonomic input devices, speech recognition technology and multi-touch technology. We introduce each, analyze the pros and cons behind and try to find out which one of them could turn into a consumer product in near future.

 

 

 

Keyboard shortcuts are very useful in every program or application if you want to save time. Having to take your hands away from the keyboard, grabbing the mouse, using it, clicking on the item, drop the mouse and putting your hands back to the keyboard consumes much more time than just hitting a key combination or hotkey.

 

This is the turn for MS Excel, a very useful application with some very interesting shortcuts.

 

 

We all know that using shortcuts when using Windows will save our time, and some shortcuts are well known and used, but some others are even more useful than the usual and are not as well known.

 

The basic hotkeyss are Ctrl + C to copy, Ctrl + X to cut and Ctrl + V to paste, they are well known but unless you are very fast typing right clicking will do the same job and for some people will be even faster. Alt + Tab is very known as well to switch from a window to another, but when we have a whole lot of them it is not as useful as it looks.

 

Here we go with some less known like for example Windows + D (Windows key is the key with the windows logo usually located between Ctrl and Alt). This key combination will minimize all windows and will show the desktop. It is very useful when you got a whole lot of open windows and you want to execute a shortcut from your desktop. If after clicking on the shortcut you want to restore all the windows to their previous state you just have to hit Windows + Shift + M.

 

Windows + E will show the windows explorer with a single combination, no need to look for the icon elsewhere and Alt + F4 will close a window without having to look for the X to close it.

 

Sometimes we will need to search for something fast, the only thing you got to do is hitting Windows + F hotkey and the search menu will open.

 

There are some other combinations which need to have IntelliType installed in your computer and will be revisited as long with other tricks of IntelliType.

Below are the Five Stages that everyone experiences when learning to type

Two-finger typing not knowing the key positions Two-finger typing knowing the key positions All-finger typing looking at the keyboard All-finger typing not looking at the keyboard (touch typing) All-finger typing not looking at the screen

 

 

AutoHotkey isn't new. It has been around since '03 and has attracted for itself a sizable user community that keeps producing and sharing useful scripts and feedback to keep the program development going. It has also been featured in many popular sites before, such as MaximumPC.AutoHotkey is a multi-purpose free, open-source utility for Windows, capable of

In the past, typing certificate is a must-have requirement for office or clerical work. Today, due to the use of common office productivity software which simplify much of an office work, typing is not an essential requirement compared to the proficiency in such software. Schools no longer provide typing lessons. Kids start to use computer without a proper typing training. It is sad to see professionals typing with two fingers.

 

Actually in all the common kinds of work we perform, we can't escape from typing: blogging, social networking, typing an email, document editing to chatting with friends on MSN. If you type twice as fast you can do twice the amount of work than what others can do. Typing speed is always a key factor to productivity and work efficiency.

 

Take the typing test below to see how fast you can type, and what you can do to improve. Choose the category you believe you belong to, and click "Start Typing Test", when a sentence appears in the middle text box, type exactly the same sentence in the text field below, then click "DONE".