Changes in version 5.4.8 (April 15, 2010)

• Fixed some issues with showing words with accented characters in French and German drills
• Fixed an issue with opening drill selection window
• Fixed graph checkboxes disappearing when mousing over them in the History window in Windows
  

Changes in version 5.4.7 (October 18, 2009)

• Fixed problem of starting wrong next drill from history window thus also giving credit incorrectly to the drill that was supposed to be started. Bug introduced in 5.4.6.
  

Changes in version 5.4.6 (September 30, 2009)

• Fixed improper WPM display in certificates printed from the Class Reports
• Fixed some problems with quitting in Class Reports and Settings with bad data
  
• Made some optimizations with Mac clients working with Windows server volumes
• Gave drill selection in main window a small delay loading drills in case the arrow key is used to move through the list
  

Changes in version 5.4.5 (June 16, 2009)

• Timer bell at end of timed drill is not turned off when key sounds are off
• Changed ParaTyper font for better readability
  

Changes in version 5.4.4 (May 8, 2009)

• Windows: Fixed an issue where a crash resulted when trying to get the account folder name with account mode on in Master Key with some Windows account configurations
• Mac: Fixed a rare problem of unregistered plugins dialogs showing
  

Changes in version 5.4.3 (May 6, 2009)

• Added option to turn off scrolling while typing
• Mac: Changed permission testing detection to be more forgiving for some network situations
• Mac: Moved Help display to default web browser
  

Changes in version 5.4.2 (November 21, 2008)

• Fixed a cheat bug in ParaTyper
  

Changes in version 5.4.1 (October 20, 2008 Windows only)

• Fixed file name display problem created by files starting with "._" created on the Mac showing when running Windows
• Fixed a problem of ParaTyper High Scores not saving on Windows Vista
  

Changes in version 5.4 (October 9, 2008)

• Added multiple pupil, class, password import from delimited text file ability
• In order to discourage key repeat abuse, a dialog is now presented when too many keystrokes are typed incorrectly.
  
• ParaTyper no longer accepts keystrokes as correct before word is visible
• Fixed a problem reloading paginated drills when drill is reselected at the time of launch
• When Pupils folder in the Master Key folder doesn't have write permissions with account mode off and not in network mode, now uses Pupils folder in Master Key Data folder in account preferences folder.
  

Changes in version 5.3.5 (September 14, 2008)

• Windows: Fixed how initial preferences are written and read in Windows for more situations
• Mac: Fixed problem in 10.4.11 where drill was not loaded at launch when remember last pupil is used
  

Changes in version 5.3.4 (September 4, 2008)

• Fixed problem of incorrect WPM when certificate is printed from Class Report or main window.
  

Changes in version 5.3.3 (August 26, 2008)

• Windows: Fixes a smearing graphics problem in ParaTyper in Vista introduced by version 5.3
• Windows: Fixes some local permissions issues with preferences and pupil files
  

Changes in version 5.3.2 (August 23, 2008)

• Keyboard animation now animates next key hint when there is a pause in typing.
• Tab key now changes tab panels in History window
  
• Network preferences now properly apply to interface at launch when conflicting preferences are read from the local folder.
• Drill Editor now works with no pupils loaded
  
• Windows: Fixed problems with incorrectly stating incorrect permissions in network mode.
• Windows: Re-enabling ParaTyper menu now works without having to relaunch the application.
  

Changes in version 5.3.1 (August 19, 2008)

• Fixed Key WPM and Key Accuracy analysis to be more accurate for more situations
  

Changes in version 5.3 (August 8, 2008)

• Improved multiple monitor support for remembering window positions
• Keyboard display now automatically adjusts to system keyboard input choice for most common supported roman language keyboards
  
• Added Colemak keyboard support and drills. Keyboard layout download required.
• Fixed some problems with handling drills with longer filenames
• Added 'Start Next Drill' or 'Retry This Drill' functionality (button) to History window.
  

Changes in version 5.2.7 (March 1, 2008)

• Improved error-handling of reading preferences from the network in an attempt to stop the problem of the preferences being reset once in a while by a single client
  

Changes in version 5.2.6 (October 11, 2007)

• Windows: Now only allows one instance of itself to run on the same computer
  

Changes in version 5.2.5 (August 28, 2007)

• Now preserves main window height between launches
• Now always shows last WPM and error rate in unit mastery views for consistency instead of sometimes showing average
  
• Fixed graph error rate line color
• MacIntel: Fix to ParaTyper second run
• Windows: Fixes problem with certain situations incorrectly reading local preferences in network mode
• Windows: Cosmetic improvements for Vista
  

Changes in version 5.2.4 (May 8, 2007)

• Fixed & not showing in tip box text
• Added option-delete support (alt-backspace on Windows) for deleting words
  

Changes in version 5.2.3 (March 17, 2007)

• Fixed ParaTyper not accepting keyboard input properly in some configurations
• Fixed errant unable to save preferences message when checking for update in the background at launch
• Fixed nil exception at quit when quitting from Drill Editor
• Fixed tips in a couple Dvorak Drills

Changes in version 5.2.2 (March 9, 2007)

• Fixed Statistics giving false time when statistics display is off in Rules tab of preferences
• Fixed incorrect display of title of History window when in account mode
• Changed Class Report Summary to show both Current Drill Selection and Last Drill Worked

Changes in version 5.2.1 (January 4, 2007)

• Fix to initial ParaTyper High Scores file saving
• Fix to top row number keys in QWERTY
• Changes to word display in ParaTyper to make it easier to read

Changes in version 5.2 (December 11, 2006)

• Instant mastery of drill now when speed goal is exceeded by 10 WPM or more
• Further improvements to network file speed and reliability
• Fix to history rotation
• Re-fixed hi-bit character recognition in ParaTyper
• Mac: Network alias is now hidden on any client at launch if network folder is discovered to be hidden
• Mac: Removed CarbonEvents code detection of modifier keys in favor of another method since some users still experienced the plugin registration problem and the problem could not be reproduced on any Macs available to MacinMind Software nor the developers of the plugin in order to be fixed completely.

Changes in version 5.1.2 (October 30, 2006)

• Changed accuracy requirement to 95% when backspace is disabled
• Numeric labels for WPM, Error, and Accuracy now show again
• Full fix to plugin registration problem

Changes in version 5.1.1 (October 12, 2006)

• Fix to plugin registration

Changes in version 5.1 (October 5, 2006)

• Universal Binary (for PowerPC & Intel Macs)
• Classroom Edition can now edit encrypted drills
• Added Class Mastery Report to Class Reports
• Added "Last Drill" item for Class Report Summary
• Hide Network Folder now also hides the alias
• Fixed speed goal setting inconsistency
• Fixed WPM not tracking when statistics rule is off
• Fixes and changes to instructions, help, and interface cosmetics
• History printing no longer prints graph if no graphs are checked in the history window

Changes in version 5.0 (April 12, 2006)

• Main window now shows entire unit and mastery progress
• Refined main window, drill, preferences, and history window layouts and enhanced some graphics
• Mastery Report and Mastery Certificate can now be printed from main window. Mastery Report can be printed from Class Reports
• Added Mastery Report to Class Reports with printing
• Drill is now paused when switching out of Master Key
• Entire Unit of drills is loaded and cached
• Added smooth scrolling to drill window
• "Pupil Privileges" are now "Rules" in the preferences.
• Added "Require Mastery in order to advance to next progressive drill" rule.
• Drill selection, pausing, timer options, and speed goal are no longer rules in the preferences
• Recreated numeric keypad lessons
• Enter key works for dismissing tip window and numeric clear key on Mac works as a delete key for numeric drills
• Page of paginated drills is now remembered
• History entries increased to 2,000 from 500
• Arrow keys can now be used to select page in pagination window
• Mac: Help is now stored internally and registered properly with Apple's Help
• Windows: Account Mode is now an option
• Windows: Numeric keyboard layout is now adjusted for Windows keyboards
• Windows: ParaTyper music now uses Windows Media so that the QuickTime requirement is removed
• Dozens of other minor improvements and fixes as the result a a considerable audit of the source code
• Eliminated OS 9 version build since a major backporting effort went into making 4.5LC fast and efficient with newer core features for Macs that can't run OS X.

Changes in version 4.5LC (March 23, 2006)

Built for pre-G3 PowerPC and 68040-based Macs with the goal of file interoperability with current Master Key versions while optimizing performance and memory for older Macs.

• Backported from 4.2.1 with several functions rewritten respectively to work on PowerPC and 68K Macs.
• Removed: ParaTyper, Drill Editor, Class Reports, Class Settings, Create Network, and Update Check. On 68K version, Mac OS Account Mode is also removed.

Changes in version 4.2.1 (February 26, 2006)

• Fixed: Functionality with Standard (non-admin) Mac OS accounts

Changes in version 4.2 (February 24, 2006)

• Added: Speed goals can now be attached to drills. All progressive drills are updated with suggested speed goals.
• Optimized: Further improvements to Drill and Pupil selection speed (about 50% faster) for OS 9 and Windows which is most evident in network mode
• Optimized: Further improvements to network files handling and reporting
• Fixed: Mastery qualifiers for Accuracy and Error Rate now properly take decimals into consideration.

Changes in version 4.1.2 (January 12, 2006)

• Fixed: Mastery is analyzed in correct historical order again (broken in 4.1.1)

Changes in version 4.1.1 (January 5, 2006)

• Optimized: Less CPU used when idle
• Fixed: Preferences or pupil files should no longer become corrupt for certain passwords (bug introduced in 4.1)
• Added: Deleting of single history entries from log using delete key

Changes in version 4.1 (November 29, 2005)

• Added: Heads-up words per minute display to test window
• Added: Teacher and Pupil passwords are now encrypted in files.
• Added: Minutes column in Class Reports
• Added: Mac versions will now look for "Master Key Preferences" in the Master Key application folder first for registration and preferences for read-only.
• Added: Pupil Privilege option for allowing printing
• Changed: All dates are now in ISO 8601 format.
• Changed: Log Column in History and Class Reports are now properly sortable.
• Changed: Error and accuracy percentages are now recorded in 1/10ths of a percent.
• Fixed: Blank drill display issues for Windows 98
• Fixed: Tabs in history incorrectly becoming disabled in Windows 98
• Fixed: Pressing return when naming new pupils in Windows incorrectly producing two Pupils in Class Settings list.

Changes in version 4.0.4 (November 14, 2005)

• Added: Disabling of statistics display during test particularly to remove a potential distraction for LD students
• Fixed: Crash when disabling ParaTyper game in some circumstances
• Fixed: Some dialogs that would resize incorrectly
• Fixed: Bug that caused misaligned data in saving from Class Settings
• Fixed: Small issue in Drill 21 in Learning Dvorak

Changes in version 4.0.3 (October 15, 2005)

• Added: Automatic update checking option
• Added: Pupil Privilege option to disable ParaTyper game
• Fixed: Return is no longer highlighted for spaces in keyboard animation

Changes in version 4.0.2 (August 20, 2005)

• Fixed: Preferences are no longer saved on quitting Master Key in Mac OS Account and Network Mode but only saved on registering and clicking OK to the Preferences dialog.
• Fixed: Changed logic that improperly caused Pupils folder permissions to be tested on the local volume while in Network Mode.
• Fixed: ParaTyper scores are now read from the server instead of locally when in Network Mode.

Changes in version 4.0.1 (August 10, 2005)

• Fixed: First AZERTY Drill generator drill now works again
• Fixed: Accent characters on tank in ParaTyper are now properly accepted when typed
• Fixed: Mac version now sets system keyboard to user preference on launch
• Fixed: Dvorak drill 16 tip now describes correct letters

Changes in version 4.0 (June 16, 2005)

• Added Drill Editor with key vocabulary filter
• Added Class Reports
• New Main Window with operating tips
• Added Timed drill progress bar in the drill window
• Inoperative buttons are now hidden on main window for Mac OS Account Mode
• Improved metronome control in drill window
• Windows: Pointer now auto-hides when typing
• ParaTyper now gives negative feedback sound when no paratyper has focus
• ParaTyper now shows glow on paratrooper that currently has focus
• ParaTyper high scores are now shared amongst pupils
• Optimization: ParaTyper speed improvement on upper levels
• Optimization: Typing drill speed improvement on OS X
• Fixed: Occasional inability to read preferences in Network Mode
• Windows Fixed: Caret ^ is now properly accepted from the keyboard on U.S. layouts
• Dozens of other minor changes and fixes

Changes in version 3.1.7 (January 28, 2005)

• Fixed: Spelling errors in Drill 21 of QWERTY
• Fixed: Encoding fixes for account name and pupil file names
• Fixed: Small sound problem on plane sound on all transport carriers beyond 2nd when music is off

Changes in version 3.1.6 (December 17, 2004)

• Fixed: Typed accent characters are now accepted properly in ParaTyper

Changes in version 3.1.5 (November 16, 2004)

• Fixed: words longer than the line length are now forced to wrap on the / or length limit instead of getting the program stuck
• Much faster and better pagination of large text files
• Fixed inconsistencies of Mastered Drills list
• Speed meter scope is now 200% of goal instead of always surrounding 20 wpm
• More improvements to AZERTY and QWERTZ progressive drills
• AZERTY and QWERTZ progressive drills are no longer encrypted
• Saved window positions saved partially off screen are now better positioned in full view when they are reopened
• Improvements to network folder permission checking

Changes in version 3.1.4 (September 1, 2004)

• Fixed: Mastered Drills list now show all drills attempted
• Fixed: Shorter drills that are timed and repeat no longer have a single blank line inserted
• Fixed: High Scores in ParaTyper are now properly saved for European numbering systems

Changes in version 3.1.3 (August 17, 2004)

• Fixed: Can load .mke drills again (broken in 3.1.2)

Changes in version 3.1.2 (August 16, 2004)

• Fixed: Hide desktop flicker or back window showing on managed clients
• Fixed: Hand animation for zero and return on main keyboard
• Fixed: Renamed some QWERTZ drills better and removed some unintroduced keys
• Rewrote networking help section

Changes in version 3.1.1 (August 14, 2004)

• Fixed problems with clicks to main window in 10.2.8

Changes in version 3.1 (August 10, 2004)

• Added list of Mastered Drills to History window with ability to print past mastered drills
• Mastery is now simply 10 consecutive minutes on a drill
• Various speed improvements
• Increased difficultly of ParaTyper
• Fixed numeric keypad drill presentation
• Numeric keypad drills can now be used in ParaTyper
• Added Page setup menu
• No longer crashes on timed drills when drill file is very short
• Win: No longer crashes at the end of an untimed drill
• Mac: Smaller application size
• Mac OS 9: no longer draws video artifacts on selection dialogs

Changes in version 3.0.4 (June 15, 2004)

• Improvements to German and French Drills accents for registered users
• Improved handling of a locked application folder by allowing Mac OS Account mode to function and automatically switching to this mode when the folder is locked.

Changes in version 3.0.3 (March 18, 2004)

• Now filters curly-quotes to straight quotes
• Added Portuguese layout
• Fixed key display for a few more non-US layouts
• Improved handling of locked folders and wrong privileges
• Improved handling of busy files in Network Mode
• Adjusted naming in Class Editor to take file suffixes into consideration
• ParaTyper scores are now stored per User in Network Mode
• First run now prompts user for Account mode
• Mastery sounds are now off when key sounds are off

Changes in version 3.0.2 (February 5, 2004)

• Fixed accented characters display for French and German

Changes in version 3.0 (February 4, 2004)

• Added ParaTyper Game
• Added ability to select pages of large text documents (Project Gutenberg!)
• Added printing of Graph and Drill Log
• Added filters for double carriage returns and line feeds
• Converted all Drills to use file extensions such as .txt (just put in Drills folder)
• Drill Mastery now considers 20 minutes for 10 minutes of mastery
• Fixed speed of longer drills in OS X 10.3
• Fixed quotes and apostrophes in French drills
• Fixed other cosmetic issues in 10.3

Changes in version 2.3.3 (October 18, 2003)

• Improved Network Pupil and Drill selection speeds by a factor of 2 or better

Changes in version 2.3.2 (October 15, 2003)

• Fixed a problem where drills that selected random numbers would occasionally cause a quit
• Drill Mastery now considers 30 minutes for 20 minutes of mastery
• User-typed color in test is now blue to make it distinct
• Removed a few controversial words from Drill Generator

Changes in version 2.3 (February 12, 2003)

• Added Mac OS Account Mode
• Minor changes to run better with latest Mac OS X

Changes in version 2.2 (September 8, 2002)

• Fixed a few display problems for 10.2 compatibility
• Added progressive drills for AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards
• Added drill generator (without grammar) for French and German
• Added color selection preference for hiding other applications
• More interface refinements including adding sheets for OS X
• Create Network folder now works in OS X

Changes in version 2.1 (April 10, 2002)

• Added Italian Pro and Swedish Pro keyboard support.
• Window positions are now remembered.
• Removed U.S. keyboard question for QWERTY drills except for when Dvorak is selected so as not to annoy the non-U.S. QWERTY users.
• Added hiding "Master Key Network" folder to help tamperproof this folder when in network mode.
• Fixed Carbon build not showing preferences in OS 9.

Changes in version 2.0 (November 29, 2001)

• All: New User Options subset of preferences that can optionally travel with user accounts in multiple-user environments.
• All: New Remember last login option (for Macintosh Manager/Multiple Users).
• All: Better optimized the speed of the keyboard animation.
• All: Automatic keyboard switching for OS X 10.0.2 and higher and for all non-AppleScriptable keyboard control panels in earlier Mac OS versions.
• All: Corrected some QWERTY drills that had keys outside of key vocabulary.
• All: Corrected all situations for network operation if network volume has the same name as any other volume.
• All: Fixed premature ending of longer drills.
• All: Cosmetic fixes.
• OS X: CoreGraphics now used in typing area.
• OS X: Improved reliability of help opening correctly.
• OS X: Fixed fruit loopy colored buttons and menus in 10.1 and millions of colors.
• Reintroduced 68K-only build.

Changes in version 1.6.2 (May 28, 2001)

• Completed most Carbon (OS X) features
• Converted Master Key Help to Help Viewer for OS X.
• Better Remembers preferences for Keyboard.
• Fixed a couple duplicate nouns in a sentence in Drill Generator.
• Fixed history rotation so that it allows 500 drills and removes the oldest for each new afterwards.
• Corrections to Dvorak drills.
• Drill Cancellation privilege is now always on.

Changes in version 1.6.1 (April 1, 2001)

• Made many modifications for Carbon build.
• Converted Help to Apple Help.
• Fixed slowness when Keyboard was hidden.
• Fixed improper count display when no items were selected in Master Drills and Log panes of History window.
• Fixed improper display of Key WPM and Key Error Rate in History.

Changes in version 1.6 (February 21, 2001)

• Added option for 12 or 24 point type.
• Added Timed-drills option.
• Added hand position animation and animation options.
• Added congratulatory sounds for Mastery and Mastery minutes and message for how many Mastery minutes in the last drill.
• Reworked the keyboard animation methods to accommodate new graphic elements.
• Made the cursor more authentic.
• Drills now pause when preference window is accessed.
• Reduced flicker in Stats Window
• Fixed Choose Pupil at Startup and Logoff to work again at startup (broken in 1.5).
• Fixed redraw problems occurring because of Font Smoothing in History window and on drill text.
• Fixed first-run preferences

Changes in version 1.5 (October 9, 2000)

• Added support and drills for numeric keypad.
• Added drills for top row and several new stories and anecdotes.
• Where supported, now supports 23 international key layouts including animation, and keyboard menu is now changed automatically and restored to whatever it was when the program was launched. However, lessons are still English QWERTY and Dvorak.
• Added option for single or double spaces between sentences.
• Rewrote Drill generator to produce more sentence like grammar though it still produces nonsense and has thus been dubbed "Unnatural Language Generator" (ULG).
• Changed Key WPM and Key Error rate to calibrate to Mastery Goals.
• Changed Stat Window to give better at-a-glance information.
• Fixed bug where program would not quit on the required Apple Event.
• Fixed minor key animation bugs.
• Fixed bug where Classroom Edition disabled adding pupils after 5th new pupil.

Changes in version 1.1.1 (June 16, 2000)

• Added "Create Network…" in file menu to automatically configure the program to use the network.
• First FAT build (no more 68K and PPC distinction).

Changes in version 1.1 (June 5, 2000)

• Improved animation and key response time performance by more than 2 times.
• Improved backward compatibility back to System 7.1.
• First 68K release for 68040-based Macs (Quadra, LC 575, LC 580, etc.).
• Added metronome.
• Added New Class and New Pupil to Class Editor.
• Added Full Keyboard to Drill Generator.

Initial Release version 1.0 (March 2, 2000)