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If the plane encounters any words which you failed to type correctly in time, you hear a loud tone, and the number of ERRORS (in the bottom right corner) is incremented. If the plane encounters three words in a row that you have not successfully typed, the plane stops and the Game ends. At this point, you can press '''REDO''' and repeat the Game at the same level. Or you can press '''PROC'D''' and start the Game at the next higher level.
====Difficulty Factors====
The speed at which the plane travels depends upon your Target WPM established in the Diagnostic section or in the Lessons. The higher your Target WPM, the faster the plane travels.
In Levels 1 through 3, the words that are displayed first are short words (two or three letters long). These are followed by longer words (four or five letters long), and these, in turn, are followed by still longer words (six or seven letters long).
Since the longest words are more difficult to type, the plane slows down for these words. Then the plane speeds up and starts leaving short words on the screen again. In Levels 5 through 8, the plane's speed still varies, although the length of the number combinations does not change.
The game is designed to force you eventually to type faster than you are comfortable with. Once you reach this point, leave the game and return to the Lessons or Diagnostic section to regain control. Repeat the last Review you performed in the Lessons section. Or return to the WPM Timing portion of the Diagnostic section, and type several sentences to return to a typing speed that you can control. Hopefully, your new controlled typing speed will be higher than it was before you played the game. You probably should try the game no more than three or four times in a row before going back to regain control.
''Note:'' At higher speeds, occasionally a key that you have typed may not register. In this case, press '''ENTER''' or the '''SPACE BAR''' and retype the word or number combination. Most of the time, if a keystroke does not register, it is because you pressed one key while another key was still depressed.
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