Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 9.0 | 
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| From: Mindscape
Category: Software
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $24.95
You Save: $15.04 (38%)
New (2) Used (5) from $4.75
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 2417
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Macintosh
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 9 x 2
MPN: 112915
Model: 112915
UPC: 024294129155
EAN: 0024294129155
ASIN: B000021Y43
Publication Date: 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW CD IN SLEEVE ONLY !!! *** DELIVERED IN 7-21 BUSINESS DAYS *** for Windows 95/98/ME, WILL RUN ON XP.
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| Features:
| • | Navigate through the Classroom to the lesson area, media center, and game hallway | | • | Exciting road race game tests speed and accuracy | | • | Onscreen guide hands type along with you, demonstrating correct form with every keystroke |
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Product Description
See Why Millions Type Faster and Better!Product Information Whether you need typing skills to run a small business chat on the Internet or make school projects look more professional Mavis guarantees satisfaction. Mavis Beacon has taught millions of peopl
Amazon.com Product Description
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is a great way to learn and improve keyboarding skills. Adaptable to advanced typists or novices, Mavis Beacon uses colorful graphs, tables, and eight arcade-style games to guide your learning--while you have fun.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Excellent product! January 11, 2007
Mary Ragna Yetter (Peoria, IL USA)
This is a fun program and yields immediate results. My children couldn't wait to give it a try and I have high hopes that given a little more time, they will make huge progress towards being effiecient typers! I had fun too! It employs your competitive spirit to do a little better the next time - addictive.
THE BEST!!! April 19, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am 16 years old now. I use Mavis Beacon when i was about 9 for a few months. I felt like it wasn't working so i stopped and perodically did it once in a while until i was 10 or 11. I am now in the 10th grade. I have never taken a computer class or typing class in school and I type at 56 adjust words per minute. People ask me how i learned to type as fast as i do at a young age. When i was in the 6th grade i typed at about 40 adjust wpm. which is still pretty good! It may seem like it's not working but in the long run you'll start to type while watching tv etc. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at the tv right now as I type this review. lol! This program is GREAT! It really works, especially for younger kids. It's not hard at ALL and has really great games. It may be a challenge at first but soon you'll be typing much faster than when you start to use it. I HIGHLY recommend this program. It is VERY good!!!!
learn to touch-type.... November 7, 2004
It's fun....i've gotten almost up to the hardest level of the touch-typing. There are many games that help you learn to touch-type, yet they are fun. There are many courses to go through, and you have to always sign in as a WHATEVER user. Don't be fooled by its' cover, it looks wierd, but once you start typing, you can't stop!!!!
 Okay, but a memory hog March 31, 2004
Anibeth (San Francisco, CA USA)
This typing tool is useful for novice typists who want a quick, but fun way to improvise and increase their technical skills on the computer keyboard. The only problem that this program takes up most of the memory and even if I got the computer which has a whopping heap of unused memory, Mavis Beacons gobbles it eventually as if it is hungry for more. The graphic, when used on the older computer is slow and cumbersome, but if you want to find a better typing software that uses only half of the memory, I'd keep on searching.
Excellent program to learn to type with November 4, 2003
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
About three or four years ago, my parents forced me to sit down and work with this program until I could type fast. Thank goodness they did! Now I enjoy computer programming, creative writing, and surfing the Internet at a much faster speed. I don't have the speed of a professional typist, obviously, but including errors my typing speed is on average over one hundred words per minute. Parents - if you want to help your kids out, get them this or a later version of this program. I'm not in high school yet, but I'm already enjoying the benefits of getting my work done well and efficiently.
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