Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing: User's Guide

Practice Area:
1. To access this content, click the computer workstation, located to the bottom left of the
Media Center.
2. To start a new lesson, browse through the list of Practice Categories and find one that
interests you. Either double click on it or click the Open button.
3. Select an article by either double clicking on it or clicking the Open button.
4. To use your own text or text downloaded from the Internet, make sure the file has been
saved in a text or ASCII format. Save the file as a text file with a .txt extension to the
directory or folder of your choice (example: samptext.txt).
• On the Practice Area screen, click Import.
• Find the Practice Content text you have downloaded. Select the file and click Open.
Your text appears on the computer screen. You can now begin practicing.
Note: Mavis Beacon monitors your overall progress with the typing statistics gathered in the Classroom
only. Work completed in the Practice Area is not counted in your typing statistics.
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