You can customize KTouch quite a bit. The settings are always stored for the current user of the program. Open the configuration dialog via ->.
In this dialog you can change general options that control the behaviour of KTouch.
First of all you can switch the sound on or off (might be useful in class rooms). You can also set the sliding speed of the teacher's and student's line.
Most important, however, might be the selection of the lecture font. When showing the teacher's text KTouch will normally use the font specified in the lecture file. But if this font doesn't exist on your system or none has been specified, KTouch uses a default system font. What if this font does not contain all characters needed for your lecture? In such cases you can override the choice of the font and specify any font you like.
KTouch distinguishes between lecture and keyboard fonts. Overriding the lecture font does not automatically adjust the keyboard font as well. Use the appropriate option in the Keyboard Options configuration page.
In this dialog you can select the options that control how KTouch changes difficulty levels based on the user's skill.
If is enabled, KTouch checks the given limits@the end of each level and decides whether to increase or decrease the level or stay in the level for another run. Level changes occur always@the end of a level (that is, when the user has finished the last line of a level). If the typing speed (in characters per seconds) and accuracy (correctness) are both above or equal to the “Limits to increase level” KTouch will jump to the next higher level. If either typing speed or accuracy falls below the “Limits to decrease level” KTouch will jump back to the previous lower level.
On this configuration page you can also select that the program remembers your current level when you quit the program and jumps back to it when you restart KTouch.
In this dialog you can select keyboard specific options.
This dialog controls the appearance and functionality of the keyboard. Similar to the “Override lecture font” option in the general settings configuration page, you can here specify your own keyboard font. The option “Highlight keys on keyboard” can be used to increase the difficulty of the training.
Once you are familiar with the keyboard you may want to turn keyboard highlighting off so it won't distract you when you concentrate on the teacher's text.
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