Each session consists of the exercises which are to be completed one by one.
To do an exercise you need to click the hyperlink with the exercise number with the left mouse button. Hyperlink is the underlined text of a blue color. The color may change depending on the hyperlink's status: unvisited, active, visited.
If there is a blue speaker icon to the right of the hyperlink, it means there is audio record available. You can listen to the audio record in the exercise window.
After you followed the hyperlink you find yourself in the exercise window.
Before starting the exercise note the following:
Exercise window may consist of several elements: statistics area, text field, exercise field, volume indicator, T-boy, audio comment and interactive keyboard scheme.
Statistics includes the following indicators:
- shows the number of completed lines in the exercise in the form of S(O),where S shows the number of completed lines, and O - total number of lines.
- shows the number of errors allowed in the exercise in the form of S(A),where S shows the number of errors made, and A - the number of allowed errors.
- shows the time elapsed in the form of H:M:S, where H denotes hours, M - minutes, and S - seconds.
- shows the number of typed symbols per minute.
This is the area with the text to be typed. The cursor is at the symbol to be typed next.
This area is located below the text to be typed. It is here that you are typing the text.
Volume Indicator
Volume indicator shows how far you have advanced with the exercise and how much is left.
He lives and studies together with you. He is angry when he fails and he is happy when he can do the task from the first attempt. You can disable this animation.
If you look at him while typing, it will become more rhythmical. Hope he will become your friend.
There are several types of audio records in Solo on the Keyboard 8.8.
We recommend that you actively use audio records when doing exercises as this may help you master the touch-typing approach easier.
To start listening to the audio record, click the blue speaker button . Click
to stop playing the record.
You can type the text and listen to it simultaneously. If the audio record has finished before you reach the end of the exercise, click the button again.
Warning! Avoid pressing ESC while listening to the audio record. It will cancel your current typing result and bring you back to the exercise introductory text.
This scheme shows you which key should be typed next and with which finger. You can enable or disable this function.
Whenever you make an error while doing the exercise, you will see a message. You can remove the message no sooner than in five seconds. To close the message box after five seconds, either click the OK button or press the ENTER key.
Note
The number of errors allowed differs from exercise to exercise. If you exceed the
number of the allowed errors you can use one of the following steps:
Click to finish the exercise without getting any score or access to the next exercise (however, the time will
be included into the total time spent on the course)
click to start the exercise afresh.