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Some Common Shortcuts
        Some of the commonly used shortcut keys are as follows:


                                       Shortcut Key                       Use
                                            F5               Start/Pause Current Lesson

                                            F6               Select a course
                                          Ctrl+W             Show Properties Window

                                            F8               Restart a Lesson
                                          Ctrl+2             Show Statistics

                                          Ctrl+O             Show Options
                                            F9               Show/Hide Virtual Keyboard




                       Subject: To see all the shortcut keys in Rapid Typing Tutor

                       Click on Options   Shortcuts. These available shortcut keys can be customised, removed and new
                       keys can also be assigned as per your convenience.






                CALCULATING TYPING SPEED

        An average speed of 50 to 80 wpm is maintained by a professional typist which can be changed to 80 to 95 or above
        depending on the category of the work, done on a computer.

        The Typing Speed can be measured with different accuracies:

          In Terms                Typing Speed                                     Example
             of          Gross Speed           Net Speed       Supposition       Gross Speed        Net Speed
                    WPM = (Words without  Net WPM = WPM  A person typed       Gross Speed = 50/2  Net Speed = 25
                    errors + Words with    - (Words with     50 words per     => 25 wpm          - (6/2)
         Word       errors) / Time spent in   errors / Time   2 mins. with                       => 22 wpm
                    minutes                spent in minutes)  errors in 6
                                                             words.
                    CPM = (Characters      Net CPM = CPM -  A person typed    Gross Speed =      Net Speed =
                    without errors +       (Characters with   250 characters   250/2             125 - (30/2)
         Characters Characters with errors)  errors / Time   per 2 mins. with   => 125 cpm       => 110 cpm
                    / Time spent in minutes spent in minutes)  errors in 30
                                                             characters.
                    KPM = (Keystrokes      Net KPM = KPM -  A person typed    Gross Speed =      Net Speed =
                    without errors +       (Keystrokes with   200 keystrokes   200/2             100 - (40/2)
         Keystrokes Keystrokes with errors)  errors / Time   per 2 mins. with   => 100 Kpm       => 80 kpm
                    / Time spent in minutes  spent in minutes)  errors in 40
                                                             keystrokes.





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