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Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing: User's Guide

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<strong>Mavis</strong> <strong>Beacon</strong> <strong>Teaches</strong><strong>Typing</strong> 12<br />

The Media Center<br />

The activities in the Media Center give you the opportunity to learn more about ergonomics<br />

and access additional typing lessons for practice.<br />

1. If you want more typing practice, try the Practice Area. The categories offer you something<br />

fun, new, and interesting. You also build and strengthen your speed and accuracy. You will<br />

find many categories of content including: Astronomy, English, Fiction, Folklore, Historical<br />

Documents, Job Search, Numbers, Poetry, Rain Forest, Tests, and many more.<br />

2. Click the Ergonomics Book to complete the Ergonomic Checklist; learn more about typing<br />

postures and home and office workspace design.<br />

3. Click the Video Viewer to watch helpful videos about healthy typing techniques. This area of<br />

the Media Center provides videos on Cumulative Trauma Disorders, Designing A Healthy<br />

Workspace, Making the Right Moves, and much more.<br />

4. The Custom Lesson Designer allows you to create or modify your own lessons by setting<br />

your own personal speed and accuracy goals. You can also import your own text files or use<br />

existing text from the program.<br />

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