Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing: User's Guide

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Typing Lessons:
1. To begin your typing lessons, click the Start Lesson button. Type the characters as they appear
on the computer screen until the lesson is finished.
2. When a lesson begins, the Start Lesson button changes to the Start Over button. Clicking the
Start Over button returns you to the beginning of the current lesson, resetting the WPM or
KPM, Text, Lesson Duration, and Timed Lesson. Your typing score and analysis information
are only retained when the entire lesson has been completed.
3. When you want to take a break during a typing lesson, click Pause on the menu bar or press
the ESC key located on your keyboard. Now you are able to click the End Lesson, Start Over,
or Resume buttons. To continue the lesson from where you left off, click Resume.
4. To proceed to the next lesson, click the Start Lesson button or the right arrow button.
5. To skip or proceed to alternate lessons click the right arrow button. You may skip practice
lessons but not quizzes. In order to progress through the typing lessons, each section quiz
must be successfully completed. To begin the next lesson, click the Start Lesson button.
6. There are two ways to access a previous lesson. One is to click the left arrow button and then
click Start Lesson. The other is to click the History button, click on a lesson from the Select a
Lesson list, and then click Start Lesson. When you are finished, click the right arrow once, and
you will return to your prior place in the lesson.
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