Keystrokes Typed Summary

The Keystrokes Typed Summary lists all keystrokes typed on the computer for a specific Windows user during the report time frame. The recorded keystrokes are sorted, starting with the earliest, by the Start Time of the application.

S how me a typical Keystroke Typed Summary

Keystrokes Typed Summary Explained

In the illustration, a user opened Internet Explorer (Application & Start Time), the default page opened to "Welcome to MSN.COM - Microsoft Internet Explorer" (Caption) and finally the user typed "Money" in the Search the Web text field.

What is Displayed?

Application The Application column lists the name of the Windows application that was active when the keystrokes were typed. An attempt is made to list the actual program name (MS Word) unless it is unknown to SpectorSoft, in which case the name of the program .EXE (Executable) is listed.
Start Time The Start Time column lists the time the first keystroke was typed for the Application during the time frame for this report. It does not have any implication of when or how long the remainder of the keystrokes were typed.
Caption Title of the active Window in which the keystroke was typed.
Actual keystrokes typed Shown in the field below Start Time. The keystrokes are listed in the chronological order they were typed in the Application.

Notes

The display format of the keystrokes in the Activity Report may not be an accurate reflection of how they are displayed in an Application. The report can not show the context in which the keystrokes were typed. It is possible that consecutive keystrokes displayed in the Activity Report could have been typed in two completely different Application windows if the user had simply selected different windows with his mouse between typing the two keystrokes.
The common use of the backspace key by most Windows users while they are typing, will be very obvious when viewing the Keystrokes Typed. You will notice a frequency of misspelled words because the formatting of the Backspace key is not displayed in the Activity Report.
If there was more than one user during the report time frame, each user will have a Keystrokes Typed Summary.

Using Extended Keystrokes

If this record option is selected, eBlaster will record "Extended Keystrokes" such as Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Enter, Space, Backspace, etc... keys. These keys will appear on the report as in the following example:

What the user typed
Phil Bugzilla Enrtntries
Hey Phil
What is displayed in the summary
<Right Shift>Phil <Backspace>, <Backspace> <Backspace> <Backspace> <Backspace>, <Right Shift>Bugzilla, <Right Shift>Enr, <Backspace> <Backspace>t, <Backspace>ntries, <Tab> <Right Shift>Hey, <Right Shift>Phil, <Enter> <Enter>, <Ctrl> <Alt> <Shift>.

Keystrokes Typed Summary