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.

Show me a typical Keystroke 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, which will appear on the report as in the following examples: <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

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

Summary Description

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.


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