Patent US 5,096,423

A teaching method is disclosed for computer systems that permit longer sequences of user actions such as keypresses or selection via pointing to be replaced by shorter sequences of user actions (abbreviations), which method shows the user the abbreviation by either highlighting the characters or sounding beeps or pronouncing the characters of the abbreviation whenever the user neglects to use the abbreviation. The method thus teaches the user the abbreviations while he/she is doing normal work.