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Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 16 Deluxe (PC)
 
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Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 16 Deluxe (PC)

by Avanquest Software
Platform:   Windows 2000 / 98 / XP / Me
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
RRP: £29.99
Price: £9.99
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  • Platform:   Windows 2000 / 98 / XP / Me
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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Customers buy this item with Teaching You: European Computer Driving Licence (PC) by Focus Multimedia Ltd

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 16 Deluxe (PC) + Teaching You: European Computer Driving Licence (PC)
Price For Both: £15.95

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Product Features

  • Practice speed, accuracy and rhythm with 20 new custom lessons
  • Test your speed with Ride the Wave, and strive for pinpoint accuracy with Gumball Gambit--2 entertaining games
  • Enjoy a freshly updated interface with improved resolution

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  • ASIN: B000ARE66M
  • Release Date: 2 Sep 2005
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 127 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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    #3 in  Software > Education & Reference > Typing
    #61 in  Software > Home Computing

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Improving your typing skills doesn't have to cut into your valuable time. In as little as 15 minutes of practice per day, Beacon Teaches Typing 16 Deluxe guarantees improvements in speed, accuracy, and rhythm in just two weeks. Featuring customized lessons and an upbeat, stimulating format, Mavis Beacon will get you typing better--and working faster--in no time. A smart investment with lasting rewards.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 16 Deluxe offers typing instruction that suits your professional routine. It features 20 new practice lessons, including new HTML documents. With over 150 new topics to choose from, you'll find the topics that interest you, and start boosting your typing skills. Type faster and reduce keyboarding errors in as little as 15 minutes a day! Download lessons to your Palm OS device, to practice on the go.

Features:

  • NEW - 20 more custom lessons give you more options to practice with topics of interest and select each lessons settings to suit your needs.
  • NEW - 20 new practice lessons, including new HTML documents, expand your options--and with over 150 lessons to choose from we're confident you'll find topics that will interest you.
  • NEW - Test your speed with Ride the Wave and strive for pinpoint accuracy with Gumball Gambit--two entertaining new games.
  • NEW - Enjoy a freshly updated user interface with improved resolution.
  • NEW - Experience the improved sound quality of new voiceover text.
  • Use the Custom Lesson Designer to create your own practice programs with content that interests you.
  • Benefit from the wonders of Adaptive Response Technology, which dynamically adjusts your lesson plan to your age, skill-level, and progress.
Additional Information:
  • Trust Mavis Beacon for serious typing instruction designed to suit your professional routine.
  • Take a break--but keep on improving!--with 10 fun arcade-style typing games, each designed to improve speed, accuracy, or rhythm.
  • Track your progress over time with detailed feedback and performance analysis.
  • Customize your learning environment by selecting keyboard layout, music, and sound options, WPM goals, and more.
  • Follow ergonomic videos and our interactive guide to ensure that your workspace habits keep you comfortable and healthy.
  • Download the program to your Palm OS handheld device for convenient practice on the go (expandable keyboard required).

Don't let clumsy typing hold you back! Get a competitive edge with razor-sharp typing skills that let you work faster and smarter. With guaranteed results in just 15 minutes per day, Mavis Beacon deserves a standing appointment in your busy schedule.



Product Description
Get your children up to speed with typing for computer use. The most boring (to adults), but addictive (to kids) software we have come across. This gets the "best value for summer holidays" award! Never have children been so determined to finish the exercises and become proficient keyboard operators.

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Customer Reviews

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3.5 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Too American!, 24 Jan 2007
By Drengskap (Leicester, England) - See all my reviews
I've been using the non-deluxe version of MB for a couple of weeks now, and I'm making good progress with my touch-typing - at least as far as the ordinary letter keys go. However, there are a few problems with the program. Firstly, it's American, so it uses American spellings, and there is no way to change this. Secondly, and probably more seriously, American keyboards are NOT identical to British keyboards - the QWERTY layout is the same, of course, but when it comes to the position of non-alphabetic characters like $, @, £, # etc, they are in different places - so Mavis Beacon's directions actually become misleading. Again, there's no way to change this. Having said all this, learning to touch-type is definitely a worthwhile endeavour, so good luck with it!
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42 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, 29 April 2006
By Dr. James Thomas (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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In an attempt to counter the negative review... this program is great. I learnt to type with version 1 almost 12 years ago - it took me 2 weeks to go from my fairly speedy 2-finger typing to full touch-typing at about 25 words/minute.

It is user-friendly and not intimidating.

Contrary to the review above, you are NOT learning to completely control the computer from the keyboard, you are learning to type - and this program succeeds.

I've just bought this version for a relative and I thought it was just as good, if not better, than the version I learnt with all those years ago.

BUY IT!
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32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, 20 Mar 2006
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I bought this product after a recommendation from a friend, and a need to speed up from my typing!

The program is really easy to install and use, and the program is easy to follow.

The games are a good feature, and provide a more entertaining way to learn.

I am very pleased I purchased this product and am continuing to use it to improve my typing skills.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Too much graphics
I find that there are too much graphics when doing a typing speed, you tend to concentrate on the graphics more which slows you down. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Queen

5.0 out of 5 stars mavis beacon
his haldep my tippign so muhc. I can nwo tyep a whloe snetnce wihtuot ayn mestikas,nda do ti rlleay qiukcyl
Published 1 month ago by Duncan

4.0 out of 5 stars learning can be fun
Mavis Beacon; thank you for teaching me in an easy informative and fun way which fingers are supposed to go to each key. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ClareS

3.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Mavis Beacon
The lessons are set so that you understand where the keys are on the keyboard. You are guided by looking at the visual hands and not at the keyboard; you learn through exercises... Read more
Published 5 months ago by C. A. Thomas

3.0 out of 5 stars Not much improved over older versions
I used Version 8 on Windows 95 to teach myself to type in the late 90s.
Then I thought it was great. It was a big help. Read more
Published 13 months ago by AfterTheEvent

5.0 out of 5 stars I have bought more than one version, I like it so much!
I was already a very speedy typist when I bought Mavis Beacon for my husband, and for fun I tried the programme too: well, it immediately spotted my weak point: symbols and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Shantimar

5.0 out of 5 stars Speedy typer thanks to Mavis Beacon
I have really learned form Mavis Beacon!!
I had a query if it was compatible with my computer so I contacted GSP customer suppert online and they got back to me really... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jo Brown

1.0 out of 5 stars Be careful with this one
Just bought this version and tried to install it on our brand new PC which is running XP...no GO, doesn't want to know yet, it simply will not respond/download. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Miss D

3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay but could be better-designed
(Okayh, I've been practisign hard for a number oif weeks now so I'm going to test myself out by doing this as 'live' run to see how I'm doingso fqar. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Wayne Redhart

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
I've had no end of problems with this software.
I learnt to touch type with Mavis Beacon 15 years ago. This time I wanted to learn the numbers and symbols. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2007 by Mrs. J. Hillman

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