Fact · Typing and writing speed
13.0seconds
Replacing a 60-character sign-off with a four-character abbreviation saves about 13.0 seconds per use at a keyboard speed of 51.56 words per minute.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- What it measures
- Keyboard time for a 60-character sign-off minus the abbreviation time. It ignores the time spent finding and checking the expansion.
- How it is calculated
- 13.96 seconds - 0.93 seconds = 13.03 seconds
- What it does not show
- Ignores the time to find and check the expansion, so the true saving is smaller.
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- At one use a day on 250 working days, a 13.0-second saving per use adds up to about 0.9 hours a year.
- At 10 uses a day on 250 working days, a 13.0-second saving per use adds up to about 9.0 hours a year.
- At 10 uses a day on 250 working days, a 13.0-second saving per use adds up to about 9.1 hours a year.
- At 20 uses a day on 250 working days, a 13.0-second saving per use adds up to about 18.1 hours a year.