QUICK NUMERIC KEYPAD
BEGINNER TYPING LESSON
Learn To Type Fast on the Numeric Keypad

Following is a quick numeric keypad beginner typing lesson - basic typing instructions to type quickly on the numeric keypad on your keyboard.

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For quick general rules for typing on your keypad check out what I have termed an Internet typing lesson for beginners. Sort of a beginner typing lesson on the very basics of typing quickly the regular keys on your keyboard.

Also jump down to learn how to activate your numeric keypad in case it stops working.

The below is a Numeric Keypad typing lesson for beginners. Again, it's just a brief outline of the basics on how to type on the Numeric Keypad on the right side of the keyboard.

It is good to learn typing on the Numeric Keypad too, in order to be able to type the numbers on the keypad with one hand without looking at the keyboard. (Use only the right hand when typing on the keypad.)

(If you want to take a full beginner typing lessons and learn both how to type the keys as well as keying on the numeric keypad, I suggest that you buy a Typing Tutor Program.

It has typing lessons for beginners and more advanced typists and teaches both typing the keyboard keys as well as the numbers on the keyboard - above the letter rows as well as on the numeric keypad to the right of the keyboard.

Some Typing Games software, too, will help you learn to type the numerals on the keyboard, including on the keypad.)

Place your fingers on the Home Row (middle row) on the numeric keypad in the following order:

Thumb finger - on the 0

Index finger - on the 4

Middle finger - on the 5

Ring finger - on the 6

Little finger - on the Enter key

To type the numbers of the upper row, place your fingers in this order:

Index finger - 7

Middle finger - 8

Ring finger - 9

To type the lower row numbers, place your fingers in this order:

Index finger - 1

Middle finger - 2

Ring finger - 3

That's it. Short and sweet. Of course, keep practicing to really get used to it and increase your typing speed.

This may sound dumb, but in fact it may happen, and it happened to me. I just happened to forget about the existence of the Num Lock key on my numeric keypad, and one day - I didn't know what I've done wrong but it just happened: the numeric keypad simply stopped working. I tried to hit the buttons on the keypad, to no effect. The number keys refused to work. I opened my computer calculator, my computer phone-dialing program, my word-processor and more, and tried to type the numbers via the numeral keypad, but it just simply didn't work.

It was quite frustrating, because it was a hassle for me to have to type the numbers by hitting the regular keyboard number keys, and I could not figure out what to do and how to reactivate the numeric keypad.

It took me a while before the Num Lock struck my eyes, and I realized that it in fact exists and is the key just for this purpose. I hit the Num Lock and finally the numeric keys started to work again.

So, if this same mischief ever occurs to you, remember this: the Num Lock key sits at the upper left of your numeric keypad, and its function is to activate or lock the numeric keys. If your keypad works and you hit this button it will stop working. If you hit it again, the keypad will be unlocked and you'll be able to hit the number keys again.

Note: It's a good thing that you learn the number keys too. There are expert typists out there who can type really fast on the keyboard, but when it comes to the numeric keypad they can't touch type, even after years of typing, because they never learned the simple techniques how to type on the keypad.

If you plan to do typing jobs and data entry work, mastering the keypad is even more useful. It will help you type the numbers and enter numeric data in the computer at fast speed.

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