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The Importance of Typing Skills

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Computers are a part of just about everyone's life. That means that learning to use them becomes important to every individual. Whereas once,  learning to type was restricted to women in office occupations, data entry clerks, or writers, everyone nowadays finds themselves facing a keyboard.  Hammering out letters using two fingers works, but to be effective in the work world, this style of typing doesn't cut it anymore. People are at a disadvantage if they don't know how to type. 

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