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The Touch Typing Tutor Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module is designed to help you learn basic typing skills if you are a beginner or to polish your touch-typing skills if you are an experienced typist. The flexible, varied drills in the module provide practice on:
:■ Single keystrokes and letter combinations.:■ Over 40 frequently used word beginnings and endings.:■ Sentences.:■ Over 500 frequently used words.The TI-99/4A computer has both upper- and lower-case characters;however, lower-case letters are displayed on the screen as smallcapitals. Note: While using the Touch Typing Tutor module, be surethat the ALPHA LOCK is in the off (up) position. Otherwise, certaincharacters will not be recognized by the computer.The practice material for these drills is randomly generated eachtime you use the module. As a result, no two practice sessions arethe same. The module program is organized in three major sections.Lessons This section teaches you the keys on the keyboard andprovides practice typing words or number/symbolcombinations. The alphabet keys are introduced in thefirst six lessons (Levels 1 through 3). Numbers,symbols, and punctuation are covered next in eightlessons (Levels 4 through 8). Following each set of twolessons is a review, which gives you practice on thekeys that were covered in previous lessons, as well asthe new material in the current lessons.
The TI-99/4A computer has both upper- and lower-case characters; however, lower-case letters are displayed on the screen as small capitals. ''Note:'' While using the Touch Typing Tutor module, be sure that the '''ALPHA LOCK''' is in the off (up) position. Otherwise, certain characters will not be recognized by the computer.
The practice material for these drills is randomly generated each time you use the module. As a result, no two practice sessions are the same. The module program is organized in three major sections.
====Lessons====
This section teaches you the keys on the keyboard and provides practice typing words or number/symbol combinations. The alphabet keys are introduced in the first six lessons (Levels 1 through 3). Numbers, symbols, and punctuation are covered next in eight lessons (Levels 4 through 8). Following each set of two lessons is a review, which gives you practice on the keys that were covered in previous lessons, as well as the new material in the current lessons.
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