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=============================================================================
===========================| |==========================
===========================| Touch Type Tutor |==========================
===========================| for Windows |==========================
===========================| |==========================
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Copyright 1992, David P. Gray, Gray Design Associates
All Rights Reserved
Member, Association of Shareware Professionals
============================[ C O N T E N T S ]============================
1. Specification
2. System requirements
3. Revision history
4. Program self-check
5. USER GUIDE
5.1 Quick install
5.2 Starting program
5.3 Menu selection
5.4 File menu
5.5 Speed menu
5.6 Tutorial menu
5.7 Game menu
5.8 Options menu
5.9 Help menu
5.10 Notes on typing
5.11 How Touch Type Tutor works
6. Registration
7. Registration form
8. Methods of payment
9. User license
10. Distribution license
11. Disclaimer of warranty
12. Association of Shareware Professionals
===========================[ 1. SPECIFICATION ]===========================
Super easy-to-use TOUCH TYPING TUTOR for Windows 3.X. Whether you want
to rate a professional typist's speed or learn to touch type from scratch,
this program has it all! Intelligently customizes to learner's skill
level, ensuring the fastest learning curve. Suitable for individual use,
for teachers and for employers.
Features include:
SPEED MODE
Is designed for typists and companies to measure typing speeds.
TUTORIAL MODE
Has eight graduated lessons and adapts itself automatically to the users
skill level. Bar graphs showing progress are automatically available
after each set of lessons.
GAME MODE
Presents a random series of characters in the form of a game, forcing the
user to type faster and faster to win.
========================[ 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ]========================
This software requires an IBM PC with Windows 3.0 or later. Memory and disk
space usage is minimal.
=========================[ 3. REVISION HISTORY ]==========================
1.0 Sep 01 1992 ....... Baseline version.
========================[ 4. PROGRAM SELF-CHECK ]=========================
This software provides a measure of protection for itself against accidental
corruption during downloads from bulletin boards or in the event of disk
malfunction. A self-check is performed when the program starts up and will
notify the user upon failure.
Note that the program must be run from the directory where it resides or the
self-check will fail. Following the directions for QUICK INSTALL will ensure
correct start up operation.
Possible causes of the self-check error message include the following:
1. Defective distribution disk. A certain percentage of disks are damaged
in the mail due to poor handling or magnetic fields. Results of poor
handling, e.g. bending or sleeve damage are usually visible.
2. Bad download from a BBS. This is usually apparent when the program
files are de-compressed, e.g. using ZIP format, since the ZIP itself
will detect any corruption during de-compression.
3. Virus infection. There may already be a virus on your machine which
infects any new programs as soon as they are run. There are numerous
shareware virus detection and prevention packages available and their
use is highly recommended.
========================[ 5. U S E R G U I D E ]========================
==========================[ 5.1 QUICK INSTALL ]===========================
To install and start Touch Type Tutor:
1. Use the Windows File Manager to create a directory called TTTWIN and copy
the contents of the distribution disk into it. (If you downloaded TTTWIN
from a bulletin board, unzip the archive file into the TTTWIN directory).
2. In the Windows Program Manager create an icon as follows:
Click on whichever group into which you wish to place TTTWIN, usually the
"Windows Applications" group. Select "File/New" from the Program Manager
main menu. Select "Program item" and hit OK. Enter the description as,
say "Touch Type Tutor" and the command line as "C:\TTTWIN\TTTWIN.EXE".
Hit OK.
3. The TTTWIN icon will now appear in the group you selected and you can
start Touch Type Tutor by double clicking on this icon.
4. On starting Touch Type Tutor, read the HELP OVERVIEW to get to know the
three modes of operation, namely SPEED test, TUTORIAL and GAME mode. You
will need to select FILE/NEW in the Touch Type Tutor main menu before
you can use the TUTORIAL mode.
=========================[ 5.2 STARTING PROGRAM ]=========================
Install Touch Type Tutor following the directions under QUICK INSTALL above.
To start the program, double click on the Touch Type Tutor icon.
==========================[ 5.3 MENU SELECTION ]==========================
The program may be operated with or without a mouse. Each menu item has an
underlined character for selection without a mouse. Certain menu items also
have "accelerator" keys for quick selection without a mouse. These are
FILE/OPEN, OPTION/BEEPER and OPTION/STATUS BAR. The accelerator keys can be
found alongside the relevant menu items.
============================[ 5.4 FILE MENU ]=============================
NEW ................. create a new personal history file for a student. You
are prompted for your name which can be any text up to 30 characters. The
history file is used primarily to record the results of lessons completed in
TUTORIAL mode and is written to after the final screen of a lesson is
completed. It also stores the current environment selected in Touch Type
Tutor. The environment consists of whether the beeper is enabled, whether
the status bar is visible, the number of screens in a lesson, the words per
minute threshold to advance to a new lesson and the currently selected skill
level in GAME mode. The environment is written to the history file when
Touch Type Tutor is closed or a new history file is opened.
OPEN ................ open an existing student history file. All files must
have previously been created with NEW (see above).
TIDY ................ allows you to rename or delete a student file. You can
change a student name, for example to correct a spelling mistake. The delete
function allows for the temporary creation of a history file for the purpose
of storing the student name for a speed test. This would be useful for, say,
personnel companies who wish to test many typist applicants and store their
speed results with their name for later retrieval using the RESULTS DISPLAY
feature. After the test, the temporary history file can be deleted.
EXIT ................ close Touch Type Tutor. If you have opened or created
a new history file your current environment will be saved automatically and
restored next time you start Touch Type Tutor and open your existing history
file. For a description of the environment contents, see NEW above.
============================[ 5.5 SPEED MENU ]============================
SPEED test is an easy way of measuring the speed of a typist using selectable
styles of text in various categories. This mode does assume some basic
proficiency at touch typing. The typist is allowed to practice with a few
lines of text before the proper measurement takes place.
On completion of the test your results will be displayed in a dialog box and
also saved to disk in a file called RESULTS. This file is overwritten after
each compl