Want to increase your typing speed? One of the best ways to do so is to make sure you're using proper typing techniques. If you have to look at the keyboard to find every letter, number, or punctuation mark, you're wasting valuable time. If you're only using one or two fingers on the keyboard, you're using your resources inefficiently. Instead, sit up in your chair, place all of your fingers on the correct home keys, and try to watch what you're typing on the computer screen not your fingers.