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- │ - You always have to start with the fingers of the left hand on the keys │
- │ A-S-D-F and the right fingers on J-K-L etc. Consult the menu option │
- │ FINGER POSITIONS for information about which finger should be on which │
- │ key. Feel the slight projections on the keys <F> and <J>. Your thumbs │
- │ should rest on the <Spacebar>: keep a little distance between the │
- │ thumbnails. Turn your wrists slightly inwards. The forefingers should be │
- │ parallel to each other. Keep the tops of the fingers perpendicular on the │
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- │ - Each touch should be short and firm. The fingers should stay in the same │
- │ place as far as possible after each strike. Be sure to use the correct │
- │ finger on the key. If you want to learn to touch type you have to use all │
- │ ten fingers. Capitals have to be typed with the correct fingers while │
- │ pressing the shift key with the little finger of the other hand. │
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- │ - Type regularly (staccato) and slowly at first. This will eventually help │
- │ you to gain more speed. You must type the letters appearing on the screen │
- │ gently. Do not pay any attention to how often they appear: Just type the │
- │ letters. Do keep looking at the screen. Don't look at the keyboard. │
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- │ - Touching a shift key also counts for a touch. In connection with this way │
- │ of counting the <Caps-Lock> key is automatically switched off by the │
- │ program. The <Num-Lock> key has been automatically switched on to assist │
- │ exercising on the numerical keyboard. This may be troublesome when using a │
- │ portable. Some computers may even stop working. These problems can be │
- │ solved by adding the parameters C and N to the command TYPEMATE when │
- │ starting the program. This will prevent Typemate from switching off and │
- │ switching on these keys. Start Typemate in the following way: │
- │ C:\> TYPEMATE CN and press <Enter>. │
- │ Other parameters you can use: O (Sound OFF) and Q A or Z (Keyboards). E.G.:│
- │ C:\> TYPEMATE OZ CN and press <Enter>. │
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- │ - In most European countries typing speed is measured in "keystrokes per │
- │ minute". As mentioned above the touch of a shift key counts for a │
- │ keystroke. In the USA and the UK typing speed is often measured in "words │
- │ per minute": only visible characters are counted (so shift keys and spaces │
- │ are NOT). The total of visible characters is divided by five in order to │
- │ obtain the (fictitious!) number of words typed. │
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- │ - Typemate teaches you the ten-finger system in which the ring finger of the │
- │ left hand touches the letter <Z>. Alongside this system there is another │
- │ common finger positioning in which you strike this letter with the little │
- │ finger of the left hand. In the latter case your fingers are all moved one │
- │ to the right on the bottom rown of keys. You may choose which system to │
- │ adopt. Typemate will however always indicate the finger position according │
- │ to the first system mentioned above. │
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- │ - Typemate is available in Dutch and English and French translations. We are │
- │ working at the German and Spanish versions --> release at the end of 1993. │
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- │ The accent generator helps you by making characters with accents. │
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- │ Examples: │
- │ The characters ' and e give é │
- │ The characters ' and k give 'k │
- │ The characters ' and a space give only a ' │
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- │ Scheme: │
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- │ ║ Char. │ a A e E i o O u U y c C n N ║ │
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- │ ║ " │ ä Ä ë ï ö Ö ü Ü ÿ ║ │
- │ ║ ' │ á é É í ó ú ç Ç ║ │
- │ ║ ` │ à è ì ò ù ║ │
- │ ║ ^ │ â ê î ô û ║ │
- │ ║ ~ │ å Å ñ Ñ ║ │
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- │ Characters with accents can be produced in this way in all MS-Windows │
- │ applications. Therefore one has to choose the keyboard VS-INTERNATIONAL │
- │ (from the Setup in Windows). │
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- │ - One last remark. If you have software you want translated into Dutch │
- │ please contact us because we have the experts to do this for you. │
- │ More information is available on request. │
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