Skill of writing by use of a keyboard.
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Is there software for PC that speeds up writing like SwiftKey for Android? Or like autocompletion in IDE's? [closed]
What I want is to use a software, that will suggest me next words as I type, similarly to how SwiftKey does it in Android devices. Or how you can do it in IDEs with autocompletion (you press ctrl + ...
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How to achieve word completion (google search style) in MS Outlook and MS Word
When doing a google search, one can take advantage of word completion. E.g., when one searches for drug rosiglitazone, one can just type 'rosi' and it offers rosiglitazone.
When a user writes emails ...
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Keyboard Type “th” twice when typing “the”
When I attempt to type the word "the", my keyboard gives me "ththe".
Note this does not happen when I type "this" or "that" or "th" by itself. Nor does "te", "et","eh", "he".
The "th" only repeats ...
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Wordpad wont let me type a letter between cursor after back spacing
Have I hit a button that is causing the titled problem? I recently lost my 23 year old daughter and I desperately need to write using wordpad. I am a doomed, computer stupid old mother who is about to ...
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How to type 《 》and 〈〉efficiently on Mac OS X?
How to type 《 》and 〈 〉efficiently (such as with a simple key combination) on Mac OS X?
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Is touch typing always the fastest way? [closed]
I find my self uncomfortable using the touch typing rules, e.g. I find it easy to press the R key with middle finger than the index finger. Do you think it's just a matter of practice or that the ...
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Is macbook keyboard good to start learning typing? [closed]
I want to learn fast touch typing, is the inbuilt keyboard in macbook laptop okay to start with, or do i need to attach an external one.
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Math formula editor with export to SVG, EPS or AI
I'm looking for a free formula editor, which can export formulas to Vector-based formats. (svg, eps, ai, pdf, cdr, etc..)
Do you know something?
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Typing an ellipsis on Windows
Occasionally I find the need to include an ellipsis in my writing. I could just use three periods, but that's bad typography. Is there a way to insert … just using the keyboard? Similar to ...
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Use touchpad while “typing”?
My laptop (a Sony Vaio on Windows 8) disables my touchpad when I "type". This means actually typing, or just holding down a key like say, W, A, S or D. The touchpad stays disabled for a short period ...
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What is the best keyboard for typing speed (not layouts) [closed]
So I am a programmer, and I like playing typing speed games. My typing speed is, for common English words, 85 to 90 wpm, max 95.
I type on various devices, my laptop, desktop, office pc.... they all ...
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Experiences with brown cherry mx and red cherry mx based keyboards for programming [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Differences between Cherry mechanical keyboard switches?
I'm considering to buy mechanical keyboard based on red or brown cherry mx key switches. The red cherry mx are ...
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I want to type English words using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), how can I do it? [closed]
I want to type English words using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and use them to synthesize speech. I need to improve my English pronunciation. Is there any way to do it in Windows ?
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My Synaptics touchpad v7.5 becomes unresponsive after I type. Is there a way to fix this? [duplicate]
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I have a Samsung laptop with Synaptics Touchpad V7.5 running the v16.1.1.0 driver. and whenever I type my touchpad becomes unresponsive. How do I fix?
I am using a ...
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I have a Samsung laptop with Synaptics Touchpad V7.5 running the v16.1.1.0 driver. and whenever I type my touchpad becomes unresponsive. How do I fix?
Whenever I type my touchpad becomes unresponsive. Note, I can't find palmsense or an option that allows me to enable my touchpad while typing. Is there a way to fix it or does my computer just not ...
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How to choose a keyboard for faster typing [closed]
I noticed that, with different keyboards, my typing speed varies greatly. However, I don't know what, exactly, in the keyboard, affects the typing speed?
My current keyboard makes me type very slow. ...
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How to enable keyboard repeat on a Mac
On a Windows machine, pressing and holding a keyboard key results in the character being repeated. For example, if I press and hold q for a few seconds, I end up with the following:
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How to put LaTeX formulas in Word 2010?
I have a problem to convert directly equations from Mathematica *(copied as LaTex) in Word 2010. Is there any option?
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2answers
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Need a simple APP or Software or Tool for auto typing
I'm looking for an application which can do something as follows -
In a notepad or any editor, if I go on hitting any keystrokes, it shall go on typing only predefined text in an application.
For ...
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1answer
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What is the Unix/Linux equivalent of Typing Tutor?
Back when I started to use computers, there used to be an application called 'Typing Tutor'. As the name of the application indicates, Typing Tutor was meant to teach computer users to touch-type. To ...
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notepad++ “autotext”-type plugin
As part of my job, I regularly enter long descriptions of real estate into a database. I type those up in N++ and then paste them into the web interface of the base. However, they are quite ...
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Unable to get the deadkey feature working on XP
A family member of mine has a Windows XP PRO desktop (with Dutch MUI).
Now because he wants to type letters with accents (i.e. chars like à) I've set the keyboard settings to "US-International". This ...
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“English autocompletion” program for Windows
I never experimented with software which gives you "English autocompletion", but it sounds like something I'd love to use and that could make typing much much more efficient. I mean, if I start typing ...
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What is LaTeX and How Can I Get Started Using It?
For physics and math classes, it would be very useful to be able to type out equations with symbols and such. I believe that LaTeX allows you to do this, but I am not sure. So, what is LaTeX exactly ...
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I Cannot Type the Key 'd' (lowercase) in VNC Viewer Connected to a vncserver of Ubuntu 10.10
I set a vncserver in my Ubuntu 10.10 Server, and started the service by vncserver :1, and I could also connect it from my Ultra VNC viewer on my WinXP.
Everything works fine, but I just cannot type ...
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How do I type the tick and backtick characters on Windows?
How do I type tick and backtick on Windows?
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Typing symbols directly instead of diacritics
After reinstalling my Mac OS X 10.6.6 typing special characters like these " ~ and more does not directly insert them into the text, but waits for the next character to be pressed. If these two ...
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Are you supposed to type '6' with the left hand or the right hand? [closed]
A few weeks ago, I did a Google Images search for keyboard finger charts to see which fingers I'm supposed to be using to type which keys. According to the charts, '6' is supposed to be typed with ...
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Solutions for one-handed typing on a regular keyboard [closed]
Are there any well-estabilished solutions for using a computer efficiently with the left hand on the keyboard exclusively, and the right on the mouse; optimized for, but not limited to programming?
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can't write " sign instantly, have to tap twice
I always have to type 2 times on " in order for it appear, and it "" already, but not instantly
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Is there a KTouch equivalent for windows
Is there a KTouch equivalent for windows for learning touch typing?
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Why would a computer swap letters around when typing very fast?
A friend of mine's having trouble with her computer. When typing really fast, the letters get swapped around.
All my years working with computers I've never encountered this. I'm guessing virus.
An ...
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Windows 7: typing [space] you [space] quickly frequently beeps or brings up modal dialogs
I have had this problem on many Windows machines since Windows XP, and I have never figured out how to make it go away. It's pretty simple to reproduce for me:
Open MSWord, Windows Live Mail, ...
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How can I find the words I type most frequently?
Many programs can save you some typing by setting up shortcuts for commonly typed words. For example you could always replace @gm with @gmail.com. I'm having trouble coming up with a list of things I ...
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Is there a way to type the symbol Θ (theta) in Linux using an Irish keyboard?
How can I type the symbol Θ (theta) on an Irish keyboard layout (mostly the same as UK layout) using Linux? Seems a lot of hassle to go copy and paste it from somewhere everytime I need it,.
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Looking for a theory of proper typing [closed]
There is a bunch of sites that offer typing lessons, games and what not, and they are already covered in several questions here.
Every game seems like has different rules and they don't give you much ...
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Which keyboard has better ergomics? [closed]
When I was a kid I fell hard on my right wrist and since then I always get wrist pains when angling my wrist very high up (ie: when using a very high shaped mouse or doing push ups).
So I have ...
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When I type certain characters, they come out as backquotes
Very strange behavior. Some background:
I bought a new lenovo G550 laptop, running Windows 7. I live in Israel.
When I type certain keys, in any application, they are prefaced with the backquote ...
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Does fast typing influence fast programming?
Many young programmers think that their bottleneck is typing speed.
After some experience one realizes that it is not the case, you have to think much more than type.
At some point my room-mate ...
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Typing lag in WinXP
I'm working on a Dell Vostro 1000 laptop that has a mysterious lag in typing. You enter keystrokes and it takes a while to show up on the screen. WinXP Pro was freshly installed and the behavior is ...
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How can I help a long-nailed person type?
My mom has long nails and she is PROUD of them. Sometimes she needs to do something at the computer. When it concerns typing text, she does that using two pencils holding them in two hands. Or ...
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How do I convert lower case text to uppercase text in Microsoft Word?
I want to convert lower case text to uppercase text in Microsoft Word.
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How to practise typing in dark?
I'm familiar with a-z,but not so familiar with symbols like -=[]{} and so on.
Is there a tool that can help me get familiar with those not so frequently used symbols so that finally I can type with ...
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2answers
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Good websites for developing typing skills? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I improve my typing speed?
Some websites for developing typing
skills?
Thus far i ve been using single hand for typing which makes me lagging behind other ...
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Most Efficient Typing Finger Position?
So I've decided to try and work on getting my typing speed up much higher, since the way I type now creates many errors. The general consensus seems to be that the best way to type is with your ...
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1answer
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Typing in Arabic is tedious
I realized that typing documents in Arabic script on Microsoft Word is a tedious process. Selecting, formatting, aligning (among other things) Arabic text is a really inefficient process (especially ...
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What keyboard layout should one switch to, for maximum typing speed?
If this link is to be believed, then colemak/capewell/arensito are the layouts that make the fingers move the least amount of distance over the keyboard.
It looks like Colemak is the best supported ...
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Replacing latex with unicode symbols
Often, during a conversation or an email, or at a forum, I would like to type some math, but I don't need full equation support. Unicode symbols should suffice.
What I need is an easy way to type ...
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Free “Learn to type” Software [closed]
I have a friend of mine who wants to learn to type. Yet he is still young and can't afford to buy any software.
Are there some free (offline) typing learning programs out there?
Thanks for all help!
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Typing the tab character in browser text boxes
A lot of the time, when I want to format text within a web page's text box I'll hit the Tab key.
Unfortunately, that doesn't insert the tab character but instead moves the control to the next form ...
