Explore the World of Soft…ids, Adults, Educational/RocelcoInc-ExploreTheWorldOfSoftware-KidsAdultsEducational-Vol2-Shareware.iso/educate/disk093/readmark.sho

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                 INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKING BOOK FOR PACING

     You will need to mark the book that you are going to read in the next
exercise, so that you can pace yourself as you read.  Measure the length
of a line of print.

     If you want two clicks per line (you will look at two places on each
line), make a mark in the middle of the first line.  Then do the same
thing on the last line on the page.

     Now connect the marks on the first and last lines of print, with
vertical lines.  This will divide the page into two vertical strips.  As
you read a line of print, you will look only once in each strip, about the
middle of the section between the vertical lines.

     The next screen will explain how to mark for three or more clicks (eye
fixations) per line.


                                 --More--

     For three clicks per line, divide the lines into thirds, then draw the
vertical lines.  If the lines of print are 6 inches long, you will have a
vertical line 2 inches from each end, making vertical strips 2 inches wide.

     For four clicks per line, divide the page into four vertical sections,
and so forth for other spacings.  You shouldn't need more than three or
four.

     As you read a line, you will look only at the center of each section.
You should be able to read from three to seven (or more) words at each eye
fixation.

     When you have marked the pages that you are going to read, hit the ESC
key and get ready to read while the computer paces you:  Choose 3 on the
menu.