Frustrated with your slow typing speed?  Here are some tips to help!

Are you wanting to improve your typing speed, and get more done in less time?  Here are some quick tips to help you get started:

• Take the time to learn how to position your fingers and reach each key on the keyboard.  Your fingers should rest comfortably on the home row (A S D F, etc) with your left index finger on the F and your right index finger on the J.
• Don't look at the keyboard as you type.  This is challenging at first, but once you've learned how to find the keys without looking you will never go back.  Being able to look at your screen, instead of your keyboard, allows you to focus more on what you're typing, rather than how to type it.  You will find that your thoughts flow more smoothly and your productivity will improve dramatically.
• Even wonder what those small bumps on the F and J keys are for?  These are to help you keep your fingers in the right place as you type.  As your fingers leave the home row and return, you should be able to feel these bumps on your index fingers.  If you don't, that's a sign that your hands have moved out of place.
• Don't move your hand and other fingers any more than necessary to reach each key. This speeds up your typing by keeping your hands and fingers close to the home row, and also reduces strain.
• Practice, practice, practice!  While the rules of touch typing are simple, developing the technique and building speed take time.  In the beginning you may have to force yourself to type using the correct technique, but over time you will adjust and start to see your speed and productivity improve.

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Tip of the Week: One-Click Access to your Favorite Web Sites

If you're an Internet Explorer user, you've probably noticed the link bar that appears in the top bar of your web browser window.  (If you don't see it, right click on any menu or tool bar and choose "links".)  Clicking on one of the buttons in this bar will take you to the web site it represents.  The link bar is a useful place for the web sites you most often visit.  It's especially useful if you have a very long and cluttered Favorites list.

Did you know that you have complete control over what appears in this link bar?  You can add new links and remove ones you don't use.  Here's how:

To add a new link, simply go to the web site you want to add, then click on the "Favorites" menu and choose "Add to Favorites".  Internet Explorer will then ask you for a name for the Favorite and a folder to put it in.  Enter a short name for the web site, then choose the "Links" folder as the location.  Once you've done this, you will see a new button appear in the link bar.

This is the key: the "Links" folder, listed under your Favorites, directly matches what is displayed in the link bar.

Removing links from the link bar is easy.  Right-click on the link in the bar you want to remove, then choose "delete".  The button will then disappear immediately.
 

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