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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
"OK...but if you need this kind of training better go to school"
Pros: The program was fine enough. However if you need this amount of training your better off seeing a pro. The lessons get boring quick. Honestly, I have seen more people make quicker progress typing novels from the web.
Cons: It would have been nice to import my own literature into the practice area. Some of the games are not that explanatory. The sound effects they use get annoying real quick. I found myself reverting back to Senselang (free) that I could import stories into....much more enjoyable.
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
2 stars
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
"Buggy, frustrating, old, difficult to use, did I say FRUSTRATING??"
Pros: It's a typing program.
Cons: 1. Games are not customized to the level of the user. Try typing a M when you don't know where it is!!
2. It is VERY difficult to navigate.
3. The program does not tell you where you are in the lesson plan!!
4. It's buggy! One minute you're typing and the next second you are somewhere else!@#$?!
5. It looks old. Wonder why the download is 400mb? It becuase of the OLD programming - it is v17 and the origional code is still there!!
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
"Excellent! I learned typing with this program!"
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
"This program is excellent! It's showing me steps by steps and easy to use."
Pros: It's showing me steps by steps about how to type, because of this program, my typing skill is now excellent.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
"Poorly written software, and no customer support"
Cons: I reformated and re-installed windows xp, just to try to get this thing to work. Their website says you should shut off all startup programs or start in safe mode just to install. I can understand shutting down running programs, or even anti-virus software, but when they want you to mess with your system just to get the thing to work, you know it's a bad sign.
I finnaly got it to work-- in safe mode! I've been trying to shut down services one at a time to try and find the conflict. All my other software and hardware is legal and updated.
Their customer support is a joke. Trying to find real contact information just sends you in a repeating circle. I'll never buy a product from Broderbund again.
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