v5.4 [Jan 27, 2021]
Current lesson:
- Added color coding on the Tips bar.
- Fixed wrong assignment of next course.
- Fixed resetting custom background and text color after starting a new course.
- Fixed the incorrect message «Change system keyboard language» when changing the language course.
Statistics:
- Fixed export of statistics of one group or student in HTML and XML formats.
Result window:
- Fixed missing key labels in keystroke diagram.
- Fixed transparent space under lesson grades.
Courses:
- Added courses for Arabic keyboards (thanks to Mohamed Embabi).
- Intermediate and advanced English courses are available for Indian keyboard.
Wizard window:
- Fixed updating of the virtual keyboard when changing the language.
Also:
- Added Vietnamese program language (thanks to Hoang Duong).
- Fixed uninstallation using the «Apps and features» command in Windows 10.
v5.3 [Sep 8, 2018]
- Current lesson
- When a user finishes the final lesson of the current course, the next course will start automatically.
- Student list
- Moving students between groups. («Drag-and-Drop» or «Ctrl X» and «Ctrl V»shortcuts)
- Statistics
- Added «Speed» and «Accuracy» markers on the diagram current item's label.
- Added «Shift» and «Ctrl» hot-keys for item selection on the lesson statistics diagram.
- Lesson editor
- Moving lessons between sections and courses.
- «Create new section» command added.
- «Properties» window has been deleted from the «Lesson editor».
- The «Save statistics of the incomplete lesson» has been moved from «At the close application» section into the «Lesson Duration» section. Also, this option is disabled when «Do not stop the lesson» is selected.
- The «Save all» menu command saves all courses for all keyboard layouts.
- Also
- The «Confirmation» message box appears if the user does not have right-access to the Student/Lesson folders.
- Check-box «Apply to all» has been added to the «Confirmation» window when existing groups, students or courses are inserted.
- More than 50 bugs have been fixed.
v5.2 [Aug 25, 2016]
Rapid Typing is now also available as 64-bit Windows program
User logout without closing application
Teacher creates new student accounts with own lesson settings
Speed and Accuracy diagrams can be displayed together or separately
Lesson Goal is displayed on the Speed and Accuracy diagrams
Result window and student diagrams are displayed without delay
Using multi select to assign courses to a group
Use native digits for numeric formatting defined by the system's regional settings
The full support for the Right to Left languages
Persian course for experienced students from Iran, created by Sayyid AliReza
Rapid Typing Italian distributive with full Italian localization (including Help) created, www.rapidtyping.com/it
Many performance improvements.
v5.1 [Nov 29, 2015]
- Ergonomics interface design in the Windows 10 style
- Now, RapidTyping suggests the shortest way of typing the composite characters
- Application now launches faster over the local network in classrooms
- New French express-course for advanced users by François Goethals.
v5.0 [Oct 7, 2013]
- Speed and accuracy for current lesson in real time.
- Remaining and elapsed lesson time.
- Passed lessons marked in the Lesson menu.
- Support for multi-language lessons.
- Support for laptop keyboards.
v4.4 [Dec 24, 2011]
- Typing lesson editing:
- Drag & Drop function for lesson list editor added;
- context menu in Lesson Editor added;
- Cut, Copy and Paste functions in context menu in Lesson Editor added;
- Virtual keyboard:
- touch screen support added;
- keys under cursor( or finger in touchscreen mode ) now highlighted;
- new highlight toggle feature for Control key( Shift, Ctrl, Alt );
- Typing test statistics:
- percentage ratio of errors for wrong letters typed for the whole lesson is shown;
- Languages:
- Traditional Chinese interface language updated ( thank you Robert Lee );
- Greek interface language updated ( thank you www.geogeo.gr );
- Russian interface language updated ( thank you Tatiana Belous );
- Other:
- arranging the application titlebar for left & right position( with languages ) added;
- refreshing the application titlebar after interface language changed;
v4.1 [May 26, 2011]
New features in this version: added Windows Themes support ( support contrast schemes, big fonts, not system fonts ); added the finger scheme for Anti-RSI layout, added the changing of the statistics parameters on the Results dialog box; improved common application performance; some user interface improvements; fixed bug with Greek accents, fixed some minor bugs.
v3.2 [May 9, 2010]
- Added: notice "Caps Lock was pressed" in the window "Current Lesson";
- Added: The parameter "Speed" in the "Results" dialog box depends upon selected parameters in the Options - Statistics window;
- Added highlight of current lessons language in the menu "Language".
- Added support of the addition "Theme Colors".
- Added support of the addition "Spanish lesson course".
- Added support of the addition "User Avatar".
- Fixed bug with right thumb on the virtual keyboard;
- Fixed visual bug on the bottom large statistics table.
- Fixed restoring position of the current lesson.
- Fixed restoring position of the window "Options".
- Disabled processing system keys such as Volume Up, Volume Down etc. in the current lesson;
- Improved mode "Pause" in the window "Current lesson".
v2.9 [Apr 13, 2009]
- Added: illumination of erroneously typed characters on the virtual keyboard (thanks to Peter Gibney).
- Added: Estonian translations in the main package (thanks to Street Jaanus).
- Added: full Windows 7 compatibility.
- Fixed: some minor bugs.
