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Internet – World Wide Web – What Is a Web Browser Lesson

Written January 15th, 2011
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Computer Lessons for Seniors World Wide Web - What Is a Web Browser

World Wide Web – What Is a Web Browser

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For those following our basic computer training course for seniors and beginners this next learning online computer lesson takes a look at the world wide web and asks what is a web browser?

The computer lesson for seniors and beginners will explain what a browser is and what web browsers are used for. It goes on to cover some of the different browsers available to you, including: Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome, Safari and others.

Anyone looking to qualify in the European Computer Driving License (ECDL), this lesson will cover element 7.1 in the course.

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Basic Computer Training – Web Browsers the Basics

Written July 13th, 2011
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The basics about web browsers

The basics about web browsers

Online computer lesson

Following on in our basic computer training for seniors and beginners we have an online computer lesson pointing out the basic elements of web browsers, using the most common browsers, internet explorer and mozilla firefox. The lesson explains the what the home page is, what is meant by the term URL and goes on to explain about browsing history, bookmarking and favourites. Important for anyone learning new computer skills.

The computer tutorial is suitable for any beginner and those beginners looking to qualify in the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) the lesson covers elements 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of the computer basics course.

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World Wide Web – Changing the Browser Home Page in Internet Explorer – Senior Tutorials

Written February 6th, 2011
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Online tutorials for beginners home page icon

Online tutorials for seniors and beginners

Continuing with our free basic computer training, the next one of our online tutorials for seniors and beginners will demonstrate how to change your home page using Internet Explorer 8. There are three main ways to change the home page, this is the page that your browser will start on when you first go on to the internet, called your home page. We have already demonstrated by changing our home page to Google as home page, but any web page can be set as your home page, although Google is probably the most common. The online computer lesson will demonstrate differnt commands from the control panel and on your browser helping beginners find their way around their computer.

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Internet – World Wide Web – Using The Browser Address Bar Computer Lesson

Written January 15th, 2011
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Using the browser address bar computer lesson for seniorsOnline computer lessons for seniors

The next of our online computer lessons for seniors shows you how to get the most from your browser address bar. The address bar can be found toward the top of the browser and it can be used for searching or going directly to a website. This sneiors and beginners computer lesson follows on from our basic computer training tutorial about web browser basics as the lesson explains what a Uniform Resource Locator or URL is and how to navigate to your chosen websites using the address bar.

This computer lesson is ideal for the complete beginner who is new to using the Internet and the WWW (World Wide Web) and helps to get beginners using different parts of the web browser.

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Internet – World Wide Web – What Are Hyperlinks Lesson

Written January 15th, 2011
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What are hyperlinks lesson

Basic computer training

Continuing our basic computer training for beginners and seniors we have a short online lesson explaining what are hyperlinks and how to recognise a link or hyperlink. The world wide web is navigated by clicking on hyperlinks to take the user from webpage to webpage. The seniors and beginners computer lesson goes on to cover how webpages can be opened in a new window, so as not to leave the webpage being viewed.

This online tutorial demonstrates how the world wide web is navigated which is essential for beginners starting out on the internet and by understanding how hyperlinks or links work anyone can understand how the world wide web is bound together. Read the rest of this entry »

World Wide Web – Saving Favourites in Internet Explorer – Meganga First Click Courses

Written February 7th, 2011
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First Click Courses Add Favourites to browser

First Click Courses Add Favourites to browser

Online computer courses for seniors and beginners

To complement our basic computer training course we have added a tutorial about saving favourites, in this the next of our online computer courses for seniors and beginners we demonstrate how you can save your favourite websites to your browser. In this tutorial for beginners we use Internet Explorer, the most poular browser. Saving favourites enables you to find your favourite websites quickly and easily. As with all our computer lessons for seniors the step by step guide will show you how to personalise your Internet Explorer browser and forms part of the Meganga first click courses. Once you have viewed the tutorial why not save www.meganga.com to you favourites to enjoy more of our online computer courses for seniors and beginners.

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