To practice bidding with your partner without having to play each hand, you can start a new table in the Bidding mode. Here's how to do that:
1. Click on Start a table under the heading Play or Watch Bridge.
2. Select Start a Bidding Table under the heading Start a training table.
3. Here you will define table preferences, including form of scoring, opponents' bidding (if you want them to bid or be silent), and privacy options. You also reserve seats for you and your partner.
4. Click on Start Table.
5. Sit in the seat opposite your partner.
6. Send a private message to your partner and tell him to join you,
clicking on the seat reserved with his name.
7. Press Click for Robot in East and West to seat them so your bidding
can begin.
You can now define the type of hand you want to bid by clicking on Deal Source in the lower part of your table screen.
You can chose to practice with Random Deals or Saved deals by clicking Deal Source.
If you want to practice with random deals (the default selection) you can define who will be the dealer and you can also, if you wish, decide the HCPs you want the North/South hands to have, by clicking the General tab.
The Advanced tab gives you even more power to define the deals. And you can also define North, South, East and West hands individually.
If you want to practice with saved hands, click on the tab Use Saved deals, and you can select a set of hands previously saved to use for your bidding practice.
Then close this window and click on Re-deal to start the exercise and you're ready to practice bidding with your partner.