Touch Typing Tutor Manual: What Is New in RapidTyping

Touch Typing Tutor Manual

This manual describes the basic information and use of the Typing Tutor.

Below are the Release Notes for the current and of the previous 4.x versions of Typing Tutor.

Metronome improved ( strongly depend on the experience of users );
Lesson Mode "Requires the right character type": Pressing BACKSPACE deletes only the last error ( without moving cursor );
The button-link to the "Typing Games" page( "About" dialog box ) added;
"Right-hand" finger scheme fixed;
Visual bugs on some video-cards fixed;
The English-USA interface language added;
Other minor bugs fixed;

Expert courses are available for the following keyboard layouts:

BiDi algorithm added (full support of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai and other languages);
In the current version, the real font can be chosen for the lesson;
Bug for missed space character at the end of the line (in Multi-edit mode) is fixed;
Arabic beginner and expert typing course updated (requires lesson reinstall);
English expert typing course updated (requires lesson reinstall).
Splitter between lesson text and lesson characters window added;
Font size scale added;
"Show/Hide keyboard" (F9) hotkey added.
Scaling on wide-screen monitors improved.
Windows 2000 compatibility restored;
RapidTyping news buttons for Google+, Facebook, Twitter added; (under "About")
Saving splitter position added;
Arabic, Greek interface language updated;
Other minor bugs fixed.

Auto-wrap feature added;
Tabulation support added;
Line break support added;
Special marks (including Tab, Line Break, Space) improved (smoother, scaling);
Special marks for right-to-left languages inverted.
Import lesson text in .rtf feature added;
Insert line break and tabulation lesson feature added;
When inserting text into a lesson, the check symbols on the keyboard have been added;
The "New Lesson (#)" label added by default to "New Lesson" dialog;
Lesson editing or selecting fast reaction on the virtual keyboard and lesson property added;
When you type a character in a lesson, the letter is shown immediately on the virtual keyboard and the property table updates immediately;
Support for lesson size up to 4 GB added.
Translation control keys added;
Auto-wrap of long control keys' names (e.g. Num Lock) added.
English expert typing course updated. Tabulation and line break marks added (requires lesson reinstall);
Russian expert typing course updated. Tabulation and line break marks added (requires lesson reinstall).
French, Greek, German, Russian interface language updated;

Drag & Drop function for the lesson list editor added;
Context menu in Lesson Editor added;
Cut, Copy, and Paste functions in the context menu in Lesson Editor added.
Touch screen support added;
Keys under cursor (or finger in touchscreen mode) now highlighted;
New highlight toggle feature for Control key (Shift, Ctrl, Alt) added.
Percentage ratio of errors for wrong letters typed for the whole lesson is shown.
Traditional Chinese interface language updated;
Greek, Russian interface language updated;
Arranging the application titlebar for right-to-left languages;
Refreshing the application titlebar after interface language changed;
Other minor bugs fixed;

New Greek lesson course added;
Support for 680x420 screens added;
Support screen rotation added;
"Blank" lesson background added;
Word count in lesson editor added;
"Show/hide keyboard" option on the user level page moved;
Delay with loading the course, using older video cards on Windows 7 fixed;
When Task Bar is in different positions (left, right, or top of screen), "minimize/maximize" bug fixed;
Splitter bug for maximized window fixed;
Other minor bugs fixed;

Windows Themes support (the contrast schemes, big fonts, non-system fonts) added;
Finger scheme for Anti-RSI layout (Two hands #5) added;
Customizing of the statistics parameters in the Results dialog box added;
Common application performance improved;
Some user interface improvements;
Bug with Greek accents fixed;
Some minor bugs fixed;