Experts on ALT+N & ALT+Y.

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bblast: Legendary Member; Posts: 1077; Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:44 amFollowed by: 33 members; Thanked: 118 times; GMAT Score:710

by bblast » Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:41 pm

Hello experts,
Do you recommend using the above 2 keyboard shortcuts for navigating through quant and verbal.

For people who dont know what this is :

ALT+N is the shortcut for pressing next by ur mouse.
ALT+Y is the shortcut for pressing confirm answer.

I guess the process of clicking next+OK must involve around 2 seconds in all. (with the added risk that we keep pondering on our answer in those 2-3 seconds instead of immediately switching our mind over to the next question)

I tried this in GMAT-Prep and it worked quite well for me. Cant say if it saved any time in all.

Are their any risks involved of pressing a wrong shortcut (such as the windows key)?What is the real GMAT platform ?From my first attempt I think it was a Java app similar to GMAT prep and not an online tool such as a prep company-cat.

Anyways, Is it ok to use the shortcuts ?

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arun@crackverbal: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 234; Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:50 amFollowed by: 60 members; Location: Bangalore; Thanked: 47 times

by arun@crackverbal » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:24 am

Wow! This is incredible - you are actually worrying about this?

I am sure there are better (and bigger) things to worry about on the test. However since you have opened this thread I couldn't resist adding my $0.02

1. If you are going to take your hand away from the scratch pad to input the answers, does it matter if you "take" it to the mouse or to the keyboard? I don't see how you can save 2 seconds.

2. You would need to utilize both your hands - in which case your left hand (if you are right-handed or vise-versa) would end up doing more work. So at best this could end up wasting sometime.

3. The keyboard might not be the one you use at home so your eyes are on the keyboard instead of the screen (where it should be). Again you might end up choosing wrong alphabets. I have no clue what an ALT + B or ALT + U do - maybe ends up canceling your scores

What say doc?

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bblast: Legendary Member; Posts: 1077; Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:44 amFollowed by: 33 members; Thanked: 118 times; GMAT Score:710

by bblast » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:28 pm

Arun, agree with u partially on the verdict. I had a good experience at home while I was giving the GMAT-prep on my laptop. I am right handed to I clicked on the answer and then the left hand could quickly jump to the alt+N and the other key. However, at the test center the keyboard could be in a sliding drawer much closer to a person's lap. So looking down and searching for the keys would counter the time advantage of using the shortcuts.

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