Touch Typing in Ten Lessons: The Famous Ben'Ary Method -- The Shortest Complete Home-Study Course in the Fundamentals of Touch Typing

The book is old but a classic. I've been using it for almost 4 months and my typing speed is already 45 words per minute. It's very concise and to the point.

Ok, gave the basics, but would like more on how to layout documents,

Very good and clear instructions.

this is a good book however the description of the product was misleading it was for a type writer but does the trick and is a verry clear and easy to use its almost fool proof.I would suggest that anybody wanting to learn to type properly without all of the tecnical talk buy this product.

Always worth to learn touch typing, just in case you are in a hurry to put your point of view across quickly! Ideal gift for your children to set them off on their path of expressing themselves in the future.

great book, still learning!!

Let's face it, there is no easy way to learn how to touch type. It's mind numbingly dull. However this book provides a sensible approach to learning a skill that is extremely useful in the modern office environment. It takes the learner from the basic middle row keys all the way to using the whole keyboard. It also provides revision tests which enable you to test your progress. After using the book for two hours a week for three months or so I can now touch type accurately at around forty words per minute. If you are serious about learning to type with all fingers then I would recommend Ruth Ben'Ary's approach.

I used a similar book when I was learning to type on a manual typewriter 30 years ago! This was adapted for electric typewriters and even mentions word processors, so it has very slight modifications. This is not "fun" or "entertaining" like some of the typing programs out there, but I wanted my 9 and 6 year olds to learn to touch type the way I did. I put a piece of paper over the computer screen so the kids can't see what they are typing and used a black marker to cover the letters on the keyboard. I wanted to buy a new, inexpensive keyboard to blacken but my husband said to just color our keyboard in. I can type with my eyes closed (98 wpm the last time I tested in 1982) so I wasn't worried about finding the keys later. My kids have always been impressed with my keyboarding skill so they are motivated to learn so they can type like me. Since they know that I learned in a similar fashion they don't seem bothered that there are no pirate ships or fun games to motivate them. Their motivation is their desire to touch type, quickly. This is below low-tech, all the way down to no-tech. It is also incredibly inexpensive. I thought I paid $9.00 but it is now $7.38 which may be what I paid for it. I didn't have to worry about software compatibility, glitches in the program and keyboard skins that didn't fit....some of the myriad problems I had read about when researching a typing program for my children. You need absolutely nothing else. I would love to have a real typewriter for them to learn on, and a throw away keyboard that they could use just to practice strokes would be nice, but we are doing fine without it and my investment is less than $10.00 so you can't be the price. The program has been very simple for my 9 year old. My 6 year old's hands are too small so we will wait a couple of years for him to try again. Any old style typist, secretary, transcriber, etc. will tell you that to improve speed and accuracy you just need repitition. In the old days, after learning where home keys were and what fingers were responsible for which letter you just drilled words and paragraphs for an hour or more a day, days on end, until you achieved the results you wanted. Repition, repitition, repetition. This book will give you the basic tools, and some drills but basically, as soon as you or your children know where to put your fingers, you just need to practice for a couple of months and you will get the results you want.

this is agreat book for teaching typing on pc.

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Just what I wanted.

I have typed for many years and bought this little book out of curiosity as part of a search for ways to regain my typing speed (currently 60wpm; has been higher in the past) after a period of relative inactivity. I found the typewriter description at the beginning of the book amusing and of historical significance. The book is still relevant because: 1. This is primarily an excellent beginner's text. There are many online typing learning resources but if you prefer the printed word and instruction, this is an excellent beginner's book. It is nice that the book has a spiral binding and will lie flat on a copy stand. 2. For more advanced typists, this book can be used to increase typing speed by going through the exercises with timing drills. Again, the process is similar to many online resources and it just depends on whether you like the printed word or online resources.