If you're using a consistent keypad arrangement in which the buttons are always in the same place (such as an ATM machine), you might memorize your password as a series of motions rather than a word--i.e., 1-9-3-7-5 is the pattern of hitting each corner of the numeric keypad, then the center key. Some people find a pattern easier to remember than an abstract code...but make sure you've got it documented in both forms.

2torial #0499: Learn2 Choose and Use a Password (Continued) Pick a winner It helps if the end result isn't a word found in the dictionary (see Tips). Some examples: Bad choice: the name of the street where you live (Evergreen).   Good choice: the name of the street where you lived when you were seven (Placer).   Better choice: the name of the street two blocks over, where your best friend Bobby lived when you were both seven (Blue Gum Avenue).   Best choice: the same street rendered into a non-dictionary term (bluegumave). Step 5