In today's hard-wired world, you may be able to get by without your mum, but you can't get by without nicely honed typing skills. TypingMaster 2002 with ProTrainer is the perfect tool to help you graduate from two-finger hunting-and-pecking to fast and fluid touch typing. Even if you can already rocket around the keyboard at 60 words per minute, TypingMaster will help you increase that speed while reducing the error count.
Professionalism oozes from this program. It has a sleek, clean interface; a neat range of exercises, games and other options designed to get your digits moving with speed and accuracy; and some really smart technology called ProTrainer, which watches while you work, analyses your typing weaknesses, and tailors a typing course to your needs.
TypingMaster supports multiple users, keeping track of each typist's progress. After signing in, you can choose from a test to assess your current skills, a course of lessons at a variety of levels of difficulty, a review of specific skills, or some typing games to lighten things up. Track your progress via the Statistics section.
To get the most from TypingMaster, launch the ProTrainer Satelliteand let it monitor your typing as you work. There'll be no hiding your difficulties with that m-k combination or the top row of punctuation keys, and ProTrainer will tailor lessons to help you overcome these typing hiccoughs. The Satellite monitors your typing in all Windows applications, although you can customise it to look over your shoulder only in the programs you specify.
TypingMaster is equally comfortable with Qwerty and Dvorak keyboard layouts, as well as non-English keyboards.
It's hard to find a fault in this handsomely designed program. All the major components are easy to use and provide flexibility and intelligence rarely found in typing tutors. About the worst thing is the quality of the games, which are less than
rivetting. That's hardly a damning fault. You can even get a cutdown version without ProTrainer if you find the
$US39.90 price tag a little intimidating, and for schools and institutions there are license packs available.
(Of course, you can't really get by without your mum.)
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