Computers for Newbies For people who don’t know anything about computers.

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Computers for Newbies For people who don’t know anything about computers

The Course Introduction. The keyboard. The mouse. Windows desktop. Browsing basics. Explorer. Organizing and finding files and folders. The World Wide Web (searching, travel, reservations, shopping, banking, etc.) Word processing (Word) Internet providers Also????

March 27 –Sign in –Hardware/ Software –The keyboard –The mouse –The Windows desktop –Some vocabulary –Using a browser

How to Sign in Login: xsoar1 [Tab or mouse] Password: so12ar [Enter]

Hardware

Qwerty Keyboard

Using a Mouse How to hold Left & right buttons

More Mousing Left click, right click Click and drag (drag and drop) Double click Slide, don’t lift Scrolling

The Windows Desktop Wallpaper Taskbar Quick Launch System Tray Start Menu System Icons

Navigating Windows Opening the Start Button Opening a program on the desktop Closing, minimizing, maximizing or moving a window Moving between open windows / applications Scrolling in a window Manipulating and moving through text Right clicking an icon or other element of Windows

Vocabulary PC / Mac Operating system (Windows XP, Vista) CPU Processor (Pentium…) Icon Cursor Web (World Wide Web) – Browser Word Processing Message boards, newsgroups

Questions? Comments? Rita Goldberg 45 Judson Street Canton, NY

Remember… Mistakes are necessary if we want to learn. Rome wasn’t built in a day. You won’t break it! Everyone needs a friend. To access this complete PowerPoint online, go to:

Homework!! 1)If you have access to a computer and the Internet, open your browser and type the following link in the address space. Then hit [Enter].and do the activities. They will help you learn to use the mouse. 2)Here is another basic mouse tutorial. See if you can do all the activities. 3)Open the browser on your computer (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape…) Type in usairways or and find out what flights are available from Massena to Pittsburgh on April 12. What are the prices?