Re: [DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-11 Thread Kevin Cronin
ion group<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [DDN] Typing software for Windows Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:43:25 -0800 Is there internet access in the classroom? Does he have internet at home? There are many free online typing tutors, for example http://www.mrkent.com/typingtutor/index.asp Cheers,

Re: [DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-11 Thread Fred Mindlin
Is there internet access in the classroom? Does he have internet at home? There are many free online typing tutors, for example http://www.mrkent.com/typingtutor/index.asp Cheers, Fred On Mar 10, 2005, at 7:26 AM, Brian Russell wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for some *free* WINDOWS software to help t

RE: [DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-11 Thread claude . almansi
The OpenOffice suite is free and windows compatible: downloadable from www.openoffice.org, results compatible with Microsoft Office programs (hem, not if you go into complex page settings with tables, though). Purely for writing: there's something called AbiWord. I've used it a couple of times, d

Re: [DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-11 Thread richjob
Quoting Kevin Cronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > For free typing, we use senselang.com, but I'm afraid I haven't gotten > enough feedback to give very constructive comments on it to this list. My > limited experience is it's a bit confusing, but useful and, of course, free. > Tux Typing can look a bit

Re: [DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-11 Thread Daniel O. Escasa
Sabi ni Brian noong Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:26:07 -0500 (EST): > I'm looking for some *free* WINDOWS software to help teach BASIC typing > skills on a laptop. This is for a adult student learning to read who is > an > absolute beginner with computers. His job requires him to use a computer > occasiona

RE: [DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-10 Thread Wanda Jean Lord
Brian, if you aren't particular about it being Windows - and just want it to work - maybe one of these openware word processing programs might be useful? I can't vouche for any of them - but they are free! See: http://www.softwarevault.com/Word-Processing Wanda Jean ThreeHoops.com Visibil