help.txt

Typing fingers Typing programme

--------------------------------------------------Getting Started-----------------------------------------------------------

--------File Menu

---New:

	The first step in using Typing Fingers is to register yourself with the 
	program and start a personal history file. Do this by selecting New from
	the File menu. You are asked to type your name. From now on when you start
	the program, begin by selecting Open from the File menu, and choose your
	name from the list of users already registered.
---Open:

	When you select open from the file menu and select your name from the list.
	The program displays a dialog which shows your typing period, typing speed
	and accuracy.
---Exit:

	This option terminates the program.

--------Lessons Menu

---Regular:

	This is the lesson you will use most. Start a Regular Lesson by selecting
	Regular from the Lessons menu. The unique thing about a Regular Lesson is
	that this lesson type starts with a limited group of keys and gradually
	introduces new keys as your speed and accuracy levels improve on previously
	presented keys. If you are a beginning typist, you are presented with the
	home row keys first. As you progress, the program gradually adds increasingly
	more difficult keys.

---Informative:

	The program also has some informative lessons but these lessons contain
	alphabetic sentences having all keys.

---Diskfile:

	Disk File Lessons allow you to choose lesson material that is specific to
	your field of interest. This could include anything from legal or medical
	jargon to inspirational quotations from the Gettysburg Address. Disk File
	Lessons can be created by any word processor or editor that can make an ASCII
	text file without any special characters (such as those used for boldfacing
	or italics). Simply create your ASCII document of any length and then copy your
	file onto the directory named Text.

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		Whenever you start a new lesson the program displays a Lesson Dialog 
	where you can customize your lesson. The options that you can customize are given
	below.

	-->	Change the background color for typing
	-->	Change the lesson color
	-->	Change the typing color
	-->	Change the error color
	-->	Change the typing font size
	-->	Select the typing style
	-->	Set lesson duration
	-->	Select background music
	-->	Select error sound


--------Theme Menu

	Selecting a theme from this menu changes the appearance of the program. The 
	default theme is Standstone.

--------Quote Menu

	This menu displays a quote. If you want to add more quotations to the program,
	than add your quotations to a file present in the directory named "Text" in the
	program folder. Remember to press enter after each quotation you add to the file.