Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 17 [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 17 [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Mavis Beacon Typing Course
Summary: 5 Stars
This course is really easy and fun to use and my typing speed and accuracy has started to improve almost immediately!Customer Review: Initially worked w/ Vista
Summary: 1 Stars
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 17 Win/Mac
Went south after a week or so.
Customer Review: The REAL review!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
This program is just "OK". The bad parts about it are that it is a fairly crappy production in its layout and overall quality. You cant control where you want to go in the lessons for example, once you're past a point where it says "lets try some new keys!", and you're like: "God D*&$#it, I'm not ready for some new F^&#%*@ keys yet!!!!!", too bad!!! The only way you can go backwards is to start all over from the beginning. Also, the games are extremely crappy and lame. I (or almost anyone) could have made a program 10 times better than this, it could be so much more user friendly and entertaining. Customer Review: Works well, but not perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
This program does a great job of teaching typing. My 8th grade daughter has voluntarily worked with it daily for the past two weeks. She has gone from 35 wpm to 50 wpm (adjusted) in that two weeks. My 11th grade son uses it, too, but his typing skills are weak and only slowly improving (from 10 to 12 wpm). My complaint is about the manuscript training; we cannot figure out where the manuscript is that the students are to be copying from. If the program showed where to find them to print them out for the lesson, this would get 5 stars. Customer Review: Good but not perfect, does not drill on all keys on 10 pad
Summary: 4 Stars
I tried out the 17th version on a trial basis and I also have the 11th version. Right now I am only using the software to improve my ten key so I cant comment on keypad or alpha numeric. On both of these it does not drill you on /,+,- and *. My mother who works for the state she said we never use these on the ten key in the state. I took several tests for a staffing agency for the ten key. I had one were they did not ask for the operators or the keys /,+,- and *. But I had one were they asked me to input / the division for the dates. I imagine they may also ask to input - though i never had a test that asked me to. My opinion is that if you dont constantly get drilled on something your muscle or hand wont remember it. So, with the Mavis Beacon software it wont completely prepare for the 10 key tests that staffing companies have you go through. Since they dont drill you on / and - sign. I like their games. I think the Typing Instructor would better prepare one for the 10 key tests that staffing companies or the companies that hire you. I have improved with Mavis Beacon but I just would not do good if I had to constantly put - sign, /, + or *. I think with the Typing Instructor you can go directly to what you are strong at or weak at. For example if you wanted to see how good you are with decimal signs you can do that wereas with Mavis Beacon I could not do something like that maybe I could but the layout did not make it easy for me to find that. What I dont like about Mavis Beacon is that when you end it goes through the credits when you close and when you begin it goes through an animation for a minure or more before you begin wereas with Typing Instructor I can begin immediately and close right away.