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Typing & Data Entry tutorial features: Everything in Word Wacker, PLUS: Click Typing & Data Entry - Download Click Typing & Data Entry - To Register After downloading, use Explorer and double click on the _setup.exe file on your disk to install the program. Execute the typing program from your desktop by clicking on the icon. Click for downloading instructions . Enjoy this trial version. There is no time limit on using the program. However, if you like the program, please register it and pay a small registration fee. You will need: [A] a high resolution monitor (800 by 600 or above). If you have a monitor less than 7 years old, you're OK. Click monitor for more information. [B] Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / ME / XP [C] 5 mbytes of drive space. Speakers would be nice. Typing Tips.Set up a schedule. Unless you establish a "schedule for learning" it is all to easy to find an excuse for not practicing. The Little Professor never promised you a rose garden. It takes practice to develop touch-keyboarding skills.Do you have an extra fifteen minutes? Then you can complete a couple of practice exercises. It might not sound like much, but you have helped develop your typing skills. Type without looking at the keys. Use a quick stroke to strike each key. Do not “press” or “mash” the key. Strike the key quickly and move on! Locate the home-row keys. Force yourself to use the correct fingers to strike the keys. If you forget which finger to use, look at the picture accompanying the exercise. The beginning exercises are extremely important because you are developing correct keystroke patterns. Magic is not needed. Learning how to type is not magic. It requires patience and more practice. Use Word Wacker and let the Little Professor be your guide in developing valuable typing skills. Don’t worry about speed and accuracy. Relax when typing the beginning exercises. However, always use the correct finger/keystroke pattern. Speed and accuracy will develop naturally through practice once your fingers have been “correctly trained.” More practice? If more practice is needed, retype the exercise. Practice each exercise several times until satisfied with your typing skills. Only go to the next typing exercise when you are comfortable. Whisper. Whisper each letter as you use a quick stroke to strike and bounce off keys. Do not “press” or “mush down” on the key. Return your finger to the assigned home row location. Posture. Most people remember the importance of using the correct key reaches, but there is a tendency to forget the importance of posture. Sound typing skills will not develop with poor posture. If you don't sit up straight and keep your feet flat on the floor, the angle of your arms will change; thus changing the keystroke reach. Typing speed and accuracy will be lost. Plus, poor posture is fatiguing. Tired? When tired, take a break. Fatigue can result in your concentration wandering. When this happens you are not doing a good job of training your fingers. Come back to this web site and practice the exercises shown to relieve stress and tension. Finger placement. Gently place the fingers of your left hand on the a s d f keys and the fingers of your right hand on the j k l ; keys. Your fingers should be slightly curved. Your wrists should be low but not resting on the keyboard. Your elbows should be close in, next to your side. Thumbs. While your fingers are gently touching the home-row keys, the thumbs should be slightly above the space bar (the long bar at the bottom of the keyboard). To press the space bar, make a quick downward motion with your right thumb. Be patient. Once the correct finger-keystroke patterns are used, speed and accuracy occur naturally. |
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Which typing exercise would you select? With In the Nimble Fingers - Word Wacker and the Typing & Data Entry tutorials, You select the exercise of interest to you. A few of the over 500 exercises are shown. Plus there are hundreds of FREE exercises available as downloads. Typing TestsHow about typing test on a cat?The domestic cat is a descendent from the African wildcat. It is a solitary hunter that does not need to form attachments. It is an animal of grace and beauty. Its eyes dilate fully for night vision, and its touch-sensitive whiskers help the cat "feel" its way. It has an amazing sense of balance with quick reflexes and can jump great distances. Its delicate ears permit it to hear a mouse squeaking a long distance away. Or an exercise on dogs? Herr Louis Doberman, a German tax collector, used a variety of dogs, including the rottweiler and pincher, to breed this dog. The ears are often cropped to give the dog a fierce expression. It is a large size animal of about 27 inches tall and 80 pounds in weight. It has a square body and a tail that is clipped at the second joint. The dog serves as a companion and a security dog. It needs a knowledgeable handler. How about a bird exercise? he most common parrot seen in captivity is the Red and Yellow Macaw. They are often called "Scarlet Macaws" because of their brilliant red color. They range from Mexico to the Amazon Valley. The brilliant orange-red of the head and body is offset by rich yellow and blue on the wings. They need adequate room for wing-flapping exercise and are best kept on stands. They do not do cooing, but they enjoy billing. There are numerous off the wall exercises. Professor Jagger, using quantitative physics and fuzzy set logic, was able to prove that clocks go "tock tick, tock tick." We don't hear it that way because of our lack of attention in our youth. We missed the first cycle, and began with "tick, tock." We are too stubborn to admit we are wrong. A survey of experienced teachers reinforced the findings that people don't listen and won't admit they are wrong. |
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