"Caps Lock" or "Shift", what would you prefer to use?

@I_LUV_U (2519)
India
July 30, 2007 2:00am CST
I am talking about the alphabets here. Only Upper case and lower case letters, no other characters like !@#$%^&*() etc. Just in case, if you have to type a short sentence of one line using UPPER CASE and LOWER CASE letters, how would you do it? Since characters are not involved, you are left with only two options; 1) Either you can press the "Caps Lock" key once, finish typing, then press the Caps Lock again to switch it off. OR 2) You can hold the "Shift" key all the while you are typing and take your finger out after you finish. I usually prefer using SHIFT for a short sentence of 1-2 lines because i'm more used to single-handed typing and so it does'nt bother me to engage my other hand in holding "shift" key. Even when i've to compose a short paragraph, i prefer using the "shift" key. I make use of "Caps Lock" only when i've a need to write a long paragraph of about 10-12 sentences. How about you? Also tell me, Whenever you use Shift, Which of the two "shift" keys do you use, the one on the RIGHT or the one on the LEFT? I type with the left hand, so i use the right hand SHIFT.
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132 responses
• United States
30 Jul 07
i personally prefer to use the shift key. i really never have a use for the caps locks key and, in fact, it gets in my way. i never type large amounts of capitalized words. Just a few here and there. i am accustomed to using the shift key. i type using all my finger, but it does not hinder me at all to have one little finger holding down the shift key.
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
I hardly use my right hand, so it is free to press the SHIFT
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@bluishrose (2289)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
When typing short sentences i use the shift key but when im typing long sentences i prefer to use caps lock much easier to type. I type with both hands but when typing with hand i use my right hand and then use the left shift key.
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
i think most people use the shift that is on left hand side, but i am quite opposite since i'm a leftie
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
30 Jul 07
i prefer using shift key because i find caps lock a bit annoying.whenever i turn it on i always forget to switch it back to off. it's also more irritating in my case as i still have to look at the keyboard while typing(i know you must be thinking me a beginner lol) and when i raise up my head after typing the whole thing out one can imagine how mad i must be going to see all the text in UPPER CASE!! so it's just better for me to use "shift". it's the left one which is used more frequently by me!:)
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
We are almost alike!! I too forget to turn Caps Lock off after i use it and even i can't type without looking at the keyboard. The only difference is, i use the right shift as i'm a leftie. nice response:)
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
2 Aug 07
it's something special to be chosen as BR among all that bunch of responses!;)thank you!:)
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
1 Aug 07
congrats! your response is chosen as the best one.
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@touchnshine (2821)
• India
30 Jul 07
I use shift key .. Earlier I didn't knew how to use Shift key -- I learned about this in my computer institute from which I was pursuing computer course .. I was stupid who use caps lock on and off all the time .. and it really takes a lot of my time.
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
hi preeti, coincidentally, i too did'nt know the usage of shift key for some years. I was also using caps lock all the time....lol
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@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
I usually "SHIFT" key on the left side. I often see people using the right "SHIFT" key, and I think that's the proper way but I am comfortable of the one on the left. ~mar
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
do whatever you feel comfortable with, there is no such rule as we should use only "right shift" or only "left shift"
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@Jessezzt (47)
• United States
30 Jul 07
I am a guy who typing with my two hands,so if i use the key"Shift",it depends on the letter locates--the letter locates one the left side of keyboard,i use the right "Shift",or else,LEFT "shift" is available.But i think use the key"Caps Lock "is more convenient.
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
you are right, caps lock is convinient, even i feel the same.
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@Shresth (263)
• India
30 Jul 07
Itz easier 2 use shift key while typing,, i use da left shift most of da times,, i use caps lock quite rarely nly when either of my hand is nt free,, otherwise never or when u hv 2 write a long para/sentence in caps nly.....
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@naadia (828)
• India
30 Jul 07
i always use shift to do so.i only use caps lock when i accidentally hit caps lock!!may be it is useful for some text titles but i never use capslock.i normally use left shift.sometime i use right shift!
@ElicBxn (63194)
• United States
30 Jul 07
I love my cap lock key. Of course my roomie is blind so she also loves her cap lock key. I'd always write in caps, I find them easier to read, but some people are just too easily bent out of shape. She's got a program that doesn't allow her to blow up her font any more at work & so she uses caps to write notes. She had one moron that wrote & complained about it. She wrote him back her standard "excuse the caps, but they are easier for me to see" note & the jerk continued to complain until her boss sent him a note telling him to DEAL with it. Don't you know it was some GUY at the new call center in the Phillipines (no offence to my Filipino friends) that didn't like being corrected by a FEMALE & was finding any excuse to B*TCH!
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
Oh!....i did'nt know about those stories...funny lol
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• Philippines
30 Jul 07
It depends on how many letters i will be typing. If it requires long words or many letters, i used the CAPs Lock, but if it is just short i used Shift.
@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
Most of the time I use the shift key. I use my both hand in typing and use left shift key. If it will be all capital letters then I use the caps lock.
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
I use left hand mostly, but also take little assistance from the right..lol:)
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30 Jul 07
depends how many upper case you have to write, if there are to many i use caps lock if are few i use the left hand shift, i write with both my hand
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• United States
30 Jul 07
I type with both hands, and I usually type pretty fast. If I need to type something with all capitals and it's longer than 2 or 3 words, I put on the Caps Lock, so that I can free up my pinkies.
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• China
30 Jul 07
of course i usually use "shift".because we often write"!@#$%^&*()"and so on ,but we don't often need to write all capital letters.so the frequence i use "shift" instead of "Caps Lock".the problem of right hand shift or left hand shift is an interesting problem.to me,i will use the "shift" which is nearer from the button i want to press .
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
i liked your last sentence....time saving:)
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@petspets (476)
• Antarctica
30 Jul 07
I hardly type in CAPS. If I do I use the shift key. If I have to type a longer word or short sentence in CAPS I'll use Caps Lock. Like you I'm a leftie so I use the right Shift key. :)
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
how similiar, we both use shift and caps lock in the same manner and even both of us are lefties. by the way, you eat in left? I do.
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
31 Jul 07
what a co-incidence, even i was forced to write in right hand!, but the reason was a bit different. my parents did'nt know that i'm a leftie naturally, they thought i'm trying to follow someone who writes in left. They got to know only when a doctor told them...after that they did'nt force me..lol
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@joodzki6 (596)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
i do the "Shift" keys for a single upper case letter, then "CAPS" for a long sentence which requires all caps. That's it...left shift, if letters will come from the left and right if letters will come from the right...i'm a good typist..hehehe. ; )
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
how many words you can manage to type in one minute?
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@navtech (1773)
• India
30 Jul 07
Dear I_LUV_U, I started my career as stenographer. I am good typist also. I do blind typing both figures and words. I have to use both the hand to type anything. It is very difficult for me to type with single hand. Whenever I have to have capital letter automatically, I press the shift. In case I have to type long sentenance in Capital letters then I use SHIFT. Numbers I type blindly and do not have any problem
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
stenographer, then you'll have no problems with typing.
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
30 Jul 07
Oh yes, it depends on what letter has to be in upper case whether or not I use the right or left shift key.
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
good, keep it up, that's a time saver:)
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
30 Jul 07
I only ever use the Caps lock key at work because there's a bunch of things we have to do in all caps. But I never type enough.. more than maybe one or two words in caps on a normal basis outside of work so I usually always go with the shift key. Otherwise I'll forget I turned on the caps key and type everything in caps which is way too incredibly obnoxious.
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@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
I too have this forgetting weakness.
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@ngobis (237)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
I prefer using the shift key. but if i had to write a sentence that needs all block letters, then Caps lock is better. but sometimes if im in a hurry, and i forget to turn off the caps lock, the recipient of the email will think im shouting! bummer.
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
30 Jul 07
good point, yea, i too forget to turn the caps lock off sometimes.
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