Build Essential Typing Skills Fast and Easy

Product Information

If you want to get ahead in your career, then you'll need to improve your productivity in the workplace. With Typing for Business PLUS, you'll get the leading typing instructor software which improves your typing speed and accuracy and Professor Teaches Word and Excel, which improves your computer skills with the two of the most popular applications in Microsoft Office.

Improve Speed and Accuracy with Tests and Results.  Build speed and accuracy through typing tests, which measure your new skills on lessons you've just learned, and increase your skills in specific areas. Choose from a variety of tests including random words, complete sentences, and more. View or print results to assess strong and weak areas.


Educational Feature

By combining effective instructional techniques with easy-to-use menus, you'll learn touch typing quickly and easily. Typing For Business also adds fun and challenge to the process of learning to type with timed tests, eight exciting typing games, and interesting articles for practice.

Learn the right touch
Start by selecting or testing your skill level - Typing Business automatically suggests the right lessons for you, whether you're a beginner or you just need to sharpen your skills.

• Learn the correct finger-to-key positioning and begin typing without looking at the keys - includes positioning for both the standard and split keyboards and the 10-key keypad.
• Proven touch-typing teaching methods incorporate double key-stroking, instant feedback, and a step-by-step educational design.
• Watch your WMP increase as you type and use music to develop your typing rhythm.

Increase speed and accuracy
Build speed and accuracy through typing tests of varying length and difficulty.  Tests are designed to measure your new skills with the keys you've just learned, or to help you increase skills in specific areas.

• Build your speed with timed typing tests, build your stamina with non-timed tests and lessons.
• Choose from a variety of tests including random words, complete sentences, or other specifically designed tests.
• Assess your advancement using tests, such as the Expert Touch Typist Test.
• Create your own lessons and tests using your own material.

Improve using results and feedback
After you complete any of the typing lessons, tests, or articles, you get immediate feedback on your speed (WPM) and accuracy percentage.  Each result is saved for your further review.

• Examine all or a portion of your saved results to determine speed and accuracy trends.
• View or print results to assess strong and weak areas.
• Assess specific key-stroking data by hand, finger, row, and key.

Practice with games and games and articles

• Eight exciting typing games challenge you to improve your typing skills.
• Magazines offer a variety of articles and short stories.
• With over 250 interesting articles to choose from, there is something for everyone.

Includes

As an added Bonus, Typing for Business Plus includes the following tutorials:

• Improve Your Productivity with Word and Excel!  Professor Teaches Word and Excel offer the most comprehensive training available for Microsoft Word and Excel. These tutorials cover over 120 of the most important topics and offer practical exercises designed to build your skills quickly.
  
  
• Work Smarter and Faster with Just-in-Time Training - Professor Answers is more useful than Microsoft Help. It provides learning just when you need it. Whether you are searching for topics or browsing training subjects, Professor Answers is always on your desktop, one click away.

Professor Teaches Excel 2003 Tutorial
62 Learning Topics

• Creating Workbooks
• Entering Data
• Inserting Functions
• Evaluating Formulas
• Linking Formulas
• Using Financial Functions
• Number Formatting
• Formatting Text
• Working with AutoComplete
• Styles and AutoFormatting
• and more!

Professor Teaches Word 2003 Tutorial
59 Learning Topics

• Creating Documents
• Using Templates
• Font Formatting
• Working with Tabs
• Applying Styles
• Creating Columns
• Borders and Shading
• Inserting Images
• Creating Charts
• Formatting Tables
• and more!

Professor Answers Just-in-Time Training Tutorial

• Professor Answers is more useful than Microsoft Help.  It provides learning just when you need it.
• Improve your productivity while using Microsoft Word and Excel applications.
• Search topics or browse topics.
• Sits on your desktop one click away.

Windows Requirements

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
• Pentium class PC or higher processor
• 16 MB of RAM available
• 18 MB minimum Hard Drive Space (195 MB Full Install)
• 2X CD-ROM Drive
• 800 x 600, 16 Bit or higher display
• Sound Card
• Speakers or Headphones
• Mouse
• REQUIRED FOR TYPING GAMES: DirectX 8 - compatible video card