@PAGE@ PC-FASTYPE - Quick HELP Facility -- Advanced Menu Using selections made from this menu require that you know how to type more than just the basic alphabet. The exercises selected will include CAPITAL letters, numbers, and special characters & symbols; - this is some really hard stuff. The EASY Sentences selection will contain mostly CAPITAL and lower- case letters. You don't have to worry to much about numbers until you get to HARD Sentences and Short Paragraphs. The exercise format is identical to the exercises selected from the Intermediate Exercises Menu; that is, you must type the character pointed to by the house-shaped cursor. Keyboard helpers are still available to you for assistance. @PAGE@ When you select any of the exercises in either the Intermediate or Advanced Exercises Menus, the length of the text you have to type will vary considerably. Text longer than what the text panel will hold will scroll upward as you type succeeding lines. Some text exercises are only one sentence long. The count in characters of these exercises range anywhere from 60 to 350 characters depending on what PC-FASTYPE randomly chooses from its own text files. You should be able to successfully type all of the characters displayed in the text panel. Keystroke errors (red X) will be flashed on the displayed keycap and the cursor will advance to the next character leaving an asterisk under the one where the keystroke error was made. You can backspace to the error and correct it if you want. @PAGE@ The ADVANCED DRILLS selections are described as follows: ** Begin Typing ---------------- F10 ** Displays the Screen Keyboard for you to begin typing your selected drill or exercise. ** HELP Facility ---------------- F1 ** Call up the Quick HELP Facility of PC-FASTYPE. ** EASY Sentences --------------- F2 ** These exercises consist of complex words and phrases. Capital and upper case letters are used. There may be a few numbers and punctuation characters for you to type. ** HARD Sentences --------------- F3 ** These exercises contain a heavy mixture of CAPITAL and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols. Use options from the Keyboard Helpers Menu if you need guidance while typing. @PAGE@ ** SHORT Paragraphs ------------- F4 ** These exercises consist of small paragraphs made up of several sentences or one long sentence. Included are capital letters, numbers, symbols and punctuation. If you're already a speedy typist, these exercises will tend to slow you down. ** Type Your Own Text ----------- F5 ** Making this selection will pop-up a dialog box asking you for a file name that contains your own text that you can use to practice typing. PC-FASTYPE will read the file and display the lines in the text panel for you to type. See the section in the User Guide entitled Constructing Your Own Text Files. ** Return to Previous Menu ------ ^P ** This selection re-displays the previous menu which is the INTERMEDIATE DRILLS Menu. ** Display Next Menu ------------ ^N ** This selection will display the next menu which is the Keyboard Helpers Menu. @PAGE@ Good Luck!