Do you use the number pad to enter numbers?

[Tiamat]

yes, its much faster for me to use the keypad.

 

[pyonir]

I'm a 10-key master!

Or something.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Babbles
I use it exclusively except for the rare occasions I am on a laptop. I used to do a lot of accounting type thing as a part-time job and had to use an adding machine, which is just doing ten-key. At work as a chemist I enter in a lot of datum in the form of numbers so it is just faster and more practical to use the keyboard.

To use the num pad you mean?

Oh, and by your sig I would have never guessed you were a chemist. Tell carbon I said hello and would love to bond with her.

Signed,
O and N.

 

[cjmtfd102401]

Yep I use it all the time at work.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

When entering a bunch of data in excel, I will.

 

[archcommus]

If you don't, consider learning how to. It's great and fast once you can do it without looking.

 

[RossMAN]

Yep.

 

[Pepsi90919]

not on my laptop

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Only if there are a lot of numbers.

 

[jadinolf]

All the time.

 

[Raduque]

I :heart: the keyboard numberpad. And I hate the phone keypad. WHY did they have to make the phone keypad upside down from the keyboard number pad?!

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Only if there are a lot of numbers.

Do you use it without looking? Index finger on 4, middle on 5, ring on 6?

yep

 

[Shawn]

Always. I hate typing on laptops because all my passwords are numerical and i can use the number pad really fast without looking.

 

[eLiu]

If there are a lot of numbers (more than say 4 or 5), then I will move my hand to the #pad. Otherwise, I can touch-type the numbers at the top of the keyboard... it's just a bit slower. But the speed-up of the #pad is offset by the time needed to move my hand to/from it. (Exception: if there are a lot of letters laced into the numbers like in some software serial codes, I won't move my hand b/c typing say P followed by Z is annoying with only one hand.)

 

[n7]

Yup, i hate using the top row, which is one reason why i hate using my notebook for typing...

 

[neutralizer]

I can't remember exactly where the numbers are on the top row, but the num pad is so easy.

 

[blakeatwork]

yep, but I was also an accountant ..

 

[Whisper]

For the most part, I'll enter any number in using the number pad...which is why I get so damn thrown off with my laptop.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: spidey07
..

You have to look at a keyboard to type!

You may, but I look at the scream.

Don't look..


YAAHHHHH!!!!

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: spidey07
You have to look at a keyboard to type!

Only if you suck at typing!

 

[hdeck]

if it's exclusively numbers, yes. if there are letters to type in as well then no.

 

[gwrober]

I use my keypad all the time, but I go back and forth between the main #'s and the keypad....depends on what characters I type and what they're closer to...

 

[j00fek]

Yes, almost exclusively

 

[Orsorum]

It's weird, I'm used to using the regular laptop number pad now, so I'm quicker using that than a 10-key. However, if I use a 10-key for a few days I'm sure I'd switch over pretty quickly.

 

[clamum]

I use it when there's more than just a couple numbers to type. I never used to but had to type quite a bit of numbers at an old job I had so I learned it and got quite quick with it.