Doing Exercise

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.



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 and interactive keyboard scheme.

Statistics

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 words per minute.


Exercise Area

This is the area with the text to be typed. The cursor is at the symbol to be typed next.



Typing Area

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.



T-Boy

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.


Interactive Keyboard

This scheme shows you which key should be typed next and with which finger. You can enable or disable this function.



Handling Errors

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: