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Free beginner computer lesson Formatting Alignment Line Spacing

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Free beginner computer lesson: Paragraph Formatting Alignment Line Spacing Indentation Using WordPad

The following Meganga computer lesson for beginners and seniors covers some of the material in The ECDL ICDL Core Online Course, Unit 4: Word Processing. We have used Microsoft WordPad for this, but all of what we cover here can be done the same way in Microsoft Word. We chose WordPad as it is free software and comes ready installed on most computers. Think of WordPad as a free cut down version of Microsoft Word. [Read more…]

Computer courses for beginners – Word tutorials – Tabs and Commands

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The next of our Word Tutorials continues our computer courses for beginners and seniors with a computer lesson about the tabs and commands on the Microsoft Office Word Ribbon. The tutorial follows on from the previous computer lesson about the layout of Microsoft office word 2010 and 2007 by demonstating the other Tabs along the Office Word ribbon. Key commands are pointed out on each tab and we also demonstrate that information about commands is easily available when moving your computer mouse. [Read more…]

Computer courses for beginners – Word tutorials – The layout

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The next of our computer courses for beginners and seniors takes a look at productivity and we start with Word tutorials, how to use Microsoft Office Word. This computer lesson demonstrates the layout of Microsoft word, because when you break down the layout and understand how Microsoft Word is arranged it becomes a lot easier to use.

In this word tutorial we demonstrate how the Ribbon is broken down into the three basic elements, Tabs, Groups and Commands. The tutorial then goes on to look at the home tab and the file tab, talking about the Microsoft Office button for those using word 2007, as the online computer lessons about Microsoft Office Word are shown using Microsoft Office Word 2010 but any differences with Word 2007 are pointed out. [Read more…]

Basic Computer Training – Using My Email

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Basic computer training for seniors and beginners

Our basic computer training for beginners and seniors continues with an online computer tutorial, using my email. The tutorial takes a look at a basic Gmail account and talks through the email folders including my email inbox, sent mail and how to organise your email received mail.

The beginners computer training then shows how to compose email or create e-mail showing where to add email recipients and those mail recipients intended for information. The seniors online tutorial talks about adding file attachments to your emails and the limitations to consider.

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Basic Computer Training – Document Creation in Wordpad

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Basic computer training

Everyone who switches on a computer, will, at some point, want to create documents and our free basic computer training for beginners and seniors shows how to get started. The online tutorial shows how to find WordPad, a word processing software, in your computer. The computer training then explains about font icons, shows how to change font style and size as well as text colour, before showing how to print and save the document. The tutorial is suitable for any beginner or senior and continues through element 4 for those looking to qualify in The European Computer Driving License (ECDL).

Being able to create documents is an important part of developing computer skills and this learning online tutorial is designed to get beginners started. More computer lessons in Microsoft Office Word, a more advanced software are available elsewhere on our website. [Read more…]

Your Computer Working With Windows Computer Courses for Seniors

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Free Computer Courses For Seniors

The next tutorial in our free computer courses for seniors is a tutorial showing how to work with windows. Microsoft Windows comes in various forms, e.g. Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME and others. They all have one thing in common – they all have windows. This tutorial shows opening, closing, minimizing and maximizing those windows. An elementary lesson in developing basic computer skills.

This tutorial will continue the basic computer training for seniors, beginners and novices, those students looking to learn online and qualify in The European Computer Driving License (ECDL) this lesson will cover Equal skills element 3.2.

This is an elementary part of using your computer.

Level: Beginner

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

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Online computer lesson

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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