Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 18 |  | From: Encore
List Price: $9.99
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Seller: Hoots Loot
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 88
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Mac, Windows XP
Genre: personal-improvement-software
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 15340
Model: 15340
UPC: 705381153405
EAN: 0705381153405
ASIN: B0014ZQMXO
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 10 arcade style practice games | | • | over 2500 lessons to choose fro | | • | Finger Positioning Exercises | | • | Progress Tracking | | • | English or Spanish Typing Instructions |
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Product Description
Typing software with new graphics new games and more intuitive interfact that will make learning to type easier and more exciting than everFeatures10 arcade style practice gamesover 2500 lessons to choose froFinger Positioning ExercisesProgress TrackingEnglish or Spanish Typing InstructionsSystem Requirements:Windows XP Vista CD-ROMFormat: WIN XPVISTA Genre: EDUCATION Age: 705381153405 UPC: 705381153405 Manufacturer No: 15340
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 23
 My copy was a dud November 5, 2009
Carol V. Macvey (Iowa city, Ia USA)
The copy I received was flawed. It could never go past the "ty" lesson even though I tried using several players' names. I read several other reviews afterwards and noted that other buyers had technical problems as well. I would suggest you buy this where you can easily return it. I ended up buying another brand at a local store. (Wish I could have given it a no-star rating but the lowest I could give was one star. Doesn't deserve even that when the product is faulty.)
 great product November 2, 2009
Jimmy Gonzalez (Connecticut)
This product is easy and fun to use. The games are fun and really keep you intereted in learning more. You learn to type very quickly with this. I haven't finished it yet, but so far it is an excellent teaching tool. Once you have learned all the lessons, then you start building on speed.
Don't buy! It doesn't advance properly. October 23, 2009
Mom to E.M.A. girls (Covington, LA)
I bot this for my 8yo daughter. She is doing great and enjoying it except for a program glitch: it doesn't advance properly - every 3rd or 4th lesson the program gives a lesson that includes all letters on the keyboard; as I saw in some reviews - you can get through the 'advanced' lesson and then it returns to a proper progression, BUT - it keeps doing this every 3rd or 4th lesson which is a real pain. Other reviews that I've looked up elsewhere (not just Amazon) say that the company acknowledges the problem but calls it 'minor'. I guess that means they don't think it important enough to fix. It is a very inconvenient problem in the program. Putting the glitch another way: you learn, say - 10 keys - then the next lesson will have all 26 letters in the lesson assuming you've learned all 26 when you've only learned 10 - you get past this lesson and it goes back to teaching you keys 11 & 12, you practice 12 keys for a couple of lessons - then the next lesson has the whole keyboard on it once again, and this repeats time and again. We're giving up and buying our 3rd typing program hoping it will work. (The first we tried, Typing Instructor for Kids - didn't advance at all - she learned the home keys and then it stayed on the home keys forever not advancing to other keys - aahh! - We just want to learn to type!). We will try "Typing Quick & Easy" this time.
This product is defective October 14, 2009
E. J. Guedez (MIAMI, FLORIDA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product is defective. It has "a bug" in the code; during the first lesson, the program goes to The Chamaleon game and stays there, no matter what you do. You should stop selling this product, It's incompatible with the good reputation for quality and excellent cuatomer service that Amazon has earned throught the years.
Almost Average October 4, 2009
A. Bryant (Las Vegas, NV)
This product helped increase my typing speed by 20mins. within 5 sessions, it's really good.
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