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The Typing Tutor
Written by Bob Areddy Copyright (c) 1989 Genesis Software
Welcome to the Typing Tutor! This program is aimed at testing your
typing speed and giving practice to improve your typing skills. To
run the program, double click on TYPTUTOR.PRG.
When run, an item selector will appear giving you an opportunity to
select the file for test. The default extension is TYP, which will
help organize your Typing Tutor test files from others in that
directory. I will discuss later the way to create your own text files
for testing, it's very simple. Once the file is selected, it will
appear on your screen. If you decide not to select a file, click on
CANCEL and the program will quit.
Ok, now that the file is displayed, begin typing. The timer will not
start until you hit the first letter. You should type the letter
which is directly above the cursor. If an error occurs, the bell
rings. To correct the error, just retype the appropriate letter. DO
NOT press backspace! At the end of the line you need not press
Return. Once the test is finished, a screen showing the amount of
time it took to finish the test, total number of words in the file,
and Words per minute. I give a 1 WPM penalty for each letter
mistyped. The high scores are then recorded.
While takeing the test, you may abort at any time by press UNDO. The
stat screen will appear, however, your current WPM will not have an
effect on the high scores. Once the stat screen appears, you may
continue and take another test, or exit.
DESIGNING YOUR OWN TEXT FILES
This is very easy to do as long as you follow a few rules:
1. The file must be ASCII only!
2. There should be a RETURN at the end of each line (including the
last line in the file).
3. If separating into a couple paragraphs, do not put an extra line
feed between paragraphs.
4. Make sure there aren't extra line feeds at the end of the file
either.
5. It's also a good idea not to indent paragraphs.
6. The file extension should be TYP, and shouldn't be more than
11 lines long (otherwise it won't fit on the screen!).
Feel free to distribute this program with this documentation to your
local BBS.
This program is shareware. A donation of $10 for continued effort at
making new software programs for the Atari ST series is greatly
appreciated. You can contact me at MACE WeST: 313-582-0657
Digital Delay: 313-541-5043 or write to me at:
Bob Areddy
2607 Clawson Avenue
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Note: I've included some of the special Header file which you may
need to compile this program.