Quickly master all calculators and spreadsheets

The Ainsworth Keypad Trainer will permanently end keying errors whenever you deal with numbers and financial data. This new skill means increased efficiency and accuracy with all computer keypads and calculators.

- Eliminate keying errors with any number keypad
- Work faster and smarter with any spreadsheet or data entry software
- Automatically check and verify each number as it is entered
- Focus on numbers, not individual digits

If you enter numbers by staring at the keypad as you hit each key with your index finger, you are very prone to making errors. Not only is it easy to hit the wrong key, but you are constantly looking back and forth between the keypad and the result, which makes it even easier to lose your place or misread a number.

If you have taken the time to learn touch typing, you know how much this skill improves your ability to write clearly and well. The good news is that automatic entry with the keypad can be learned in much less time, and with similar results. After all , there are only ten keys to deal with (eleven if you select the decimal key option) and only three fingers to master.

Eliminate errors and improve efficiency

When you have mastered the keypad with the Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer, each number will have a distinct "feel" that automatically tells you if you have entered it correctly. This important feedback is not present if you are pressing all the number keys with the same finger. When you have mastered the keypad, you will focus on the content and the result, not the process. This means zero keying errors and increased attention to your work with fewer distractions.

Learn faster and easier with personal lessons

Lessons matched to your current skill level are automatically created by the software as you master each of the number keys. This makes learning relatively painless, and gives you increased confidence because you will always be learning at a rate that is comfortable and efficient. You can stop and start again at any time because we adjust to your schedule and your learning style.

Dot or not to dot?

Depending on the types of calculations you will be doing, you may elect to include the decimal key as you learn the keypad. In many financial institutions the decimal key is not used for data entry. If you are using spreadsheets or calculators with decimals, you will want to include this key in your training. With the Ainsworth Keypad Trainer, the choice is yours.

Eliminate distractions with Prescription Drills (tm)

After you have completed the basic lessons, a special section is available to add the final polish that allows you to focus completely on the data you are dealing with. These drills select any keys that you are responding to more slowly, and focus your drills to eliminate these hesitations.

Overall speed will improve with these drills, but the main benefit is your improved ability to concentrate on your work. This shift is difficult to describe until you have felt the results for yourself, but you will notice a definite difference as numbers suddenly "make sense" instead of being a blur of separate digits. Put it another way, keypad mastery will give you a perspective with numbers that is similar to that which you experienced with the alphabet when you stopped sounding out letters and began reading words.

Try the Number Cruncher! for fun and games

As a final boost to your confidence, we've added an all-out video game to verify and improve your number keypad skills in the most harrowing of circumstances. When you can key flawlessly in this environment, you won't be intimidated by any mere column of figures, checkbooks out of balance, tax forms, or calculations of any type.

You can also select this game whenever you want extra practice while you are learning the keys or just a change from the lessons. If you request, the program will limit your current games to the keys you have already learned. You can also select from a variety of formats, including dollar notation.