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- PC-FasType - Quick HELP Facility -- Advanced Menu
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- Using selections made from this menu assumes you know how to type
- more than just the basic alphabet. The exercises selected will include
- CAPITAL letters, numbers, and special characters & symbols; - this is some
- really hard stuff.
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- The EASY Sentences selection will contain mostly CAPITAL and lower-
- case letters. You don't have to worry too much about numbers until you
- get to HARD Sentences and Short Paragraphs.
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- The exercise format is identical to the exercises selected from the
- Intermediate Exercises Menu; that is, you must type the character pointed
- to by the house-shaped cursor. Keyboard helpers are still available to
- you for assistance. Note the double spacing between sentences too.
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- When you select any of the exercises in either the Intermediate or
- Advanced Exercises Menus, the length of the text you have to type will
- vary considerably. Text longer than what the text window will hold will
- scroll upward as you type succeeding lines. Some text exercises are only
- one sentence long. The count in characters of these exercises range
- anywhere from 60 to 350 characters depending on what PC-FasType randomly
- chooses from its own text files.
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- You should be able to successfully type all of the characters
- displayed in the text window. Keystroke errors will be flashed on the
- displayed keycap (with a large NO symbol) and the cursor will advance to
- the next character leaving an asterisk where the keystroke error was made.
- You can backspace over the error and fix it if you want.
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- TIMED EXERCISES
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- Two selections from this menu have a Timed Exercises option. OPEN
- TYPING and LONG PARAGRAPHS will let you choose the TIMED exercise option.
- You can select a time duration of one minute up to 20 minutes. The timer
- is displayed in the upper right corner and begins to count down to zero
- with your first keystroke. When the timer reaches zero, the exercise ends
- and your typing statistics will be displayed.
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- You can END a timed exercise anytime by simply pressing the ESCAPE
- key, or one of the other keys shown on the bottom of the screen. The
- Escape key exit will compile and display your statistics, but pressing one
- of the other keys will cancel the current exercise; no statistics will be
- compiled. If you type until the timer runs out, the current exercise will
- end as if you had pressed the Escape key, and your statistics will be
- compiled and displayed on the screen.
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- LONG PARAGRAPHS:
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- If you choose the LONG PARAGRAPHS option, you'll have to type the
- displayed text without the benefit of a displayed keyboard to help you
- along. This is really for advanced typists who what to increase their
- speed; it eliminates the keyboard display as a distraction and gives the
- typist a chance to "look ahead" at the text they will type.
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- OPEN TYPING:
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- This option is for advanced typists who what to brush up on their
- word-processing skills.
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- You can type anything you want into an empty window and you have
- limited use of the cursor and home/end keys to navigate about the window.
- This simulates using a real word-processor or text editor.
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- You should have some text handy that you want to type from. You can
- type as long as you want; pressing the escape key will end the exercise
- and give you typing statistics. The Timed option is available too.
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- Since PC-FasType can't check your spelling, we won't know when you've
- made a typing error. We assume you're striving for accuracy as well as
- speed so we'll count your use of the BACKSPACE key as a typing error.
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- SPECIAL KEYS:
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- At the bottom of the screen for LONG Paragraphs and OPEN Typing
- appears a list of function and window navigation keys. Most are self-
- explanatory, but we'll summarize them here:
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- ESC = End Typing; view statistics window
- F7 = Regular or Timed Exercise; toggles between both
- BKSP = Correct a typing error
- F9 = Start Over Again or Clear Window
- F1-F5= Cancel and Show Menu
- F8 = Type your own text; for LONG Paragraphs-YOUR text file
- F10 = Clear and start over again; resets timer
- Arrow keys = for Open Typing; move cursor around the screen
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- The ADVANCED DRILLS menu selections are described as follows:
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- ** Begin Typing ---------------- F10 **
- Displays the Screen Keyboard for you to begin typing your selected
- drill or exercise.
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- ** HELP Facility ---------------- F1 **
- Call up the Quick HELP Facility of PC-FasType.
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- ** EASY Sentences --------------- F2 **
- These exercises consist of complex words and phrases. Capital and
- upper case letters are used. There may be a few numbers and
- punctuation characters for you to type.
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- ** HARD Sentences --------------- F3 **
- These exercises contain a heavy mixture of CAPITAL and lower-case
- letters, numbers and symbols. Use options from the Keyboard Helpers
- Menu if you need guidance while typing.
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- ** SHORT Paragraphs ------------- F4 **
- These exercises consist of small paragraphs made up of several
- sentences or one long sentence. Included are capital letters,
- numbers, symbols and punctuation. If you're already a speedy typist,
- these exercises will tend to slow you down.
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- ** LONG Paragraphs -------------- F5 **
- You'll be able to exercise ALL of your typing skills with this
- selection. A full screen window will display lengthy text randomly
- chosen from this exercise file. In most cases there will be more
- than one paragraph for you to type; some of them will be hard and
- some of them will be easy. LONG paragraphs will give you a better
- feel for your true typing speed and accuracy.
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- ** Type Your Own Text ----------- F6 **
- Making this selection will pop-up a dialog box asking you for a file
- name containing your own text you can use to practice typing.
- PC-FasType will read the file and display the lines in the text
- window for you to type. See the section in the User Guide entitled
- Constructing Your Own Text Files.
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- ** Open Typing ----------------- F7 **
- A full-screen empty window and NO keyboard display will let you type
- anything you want. Typing errors are counted if you use the
- backspace key. This feature will let you practice your word-
- processing skills. You can use the cursor keys to move around the
- screen. PC-FasType will BEEP you when you're getting near the end
- of a line (just like a real typewriter).
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- ** Return to Previous Menu ------ <- **
- This selection re-displays the previous menu which is the
- INTERMEDIATE DRILLS Menu. Use the arrow key for convenience.
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- ** Display Next Menu ------------ -> **
- This selection will display the next menu which is the Keyboard
- Helpers Menu. Use the arrow key for convenience.
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