What is Excel – Understand How to Use Excel Worksheets

April 8, 2012 by steve

How to use Excel

Our What is Excel course of computer lessons for Excel continues with an online video tutorial, Understand how to use Excel worksheets, helping beginners, seniors and those looking to learn Excel for work. The computer lesson explains why we may need a number of Excel worksheets for different projects. The online lesson then continues to show how to rename, colour code, drag and copy worksheets before demonstrating how to use Excel worksheets grouped togethor to make alterations. The tutorial also demonstrates how to keep headings in view when scrolloing large Excel worksheets before saving the work to file.

The computer lesson helps to understand what is Excel and is designed in an easy to follow format being suitable for seniors, beginners and anyone looking to improve their basic computer skills and learning Excel for work. The computer lesson follows a sequence in an Excel course and should be viewed in conjunction with other videos from our course. [Read more…]

Word Tutorials – How to Cut Copy and Paste

February 27, 2012 by steve

Microsoft Office Word Tutorials

Our Microsoft Office Word tutorials continue with a computer lesson showing how to cut, copy and paste in Word 2010. The online computer lesson is for seniors and beginners learning how to use Office Word. The online lesson shows how to select text in order to cut and paste it within a document, explaining that all types of data can be altered using the commands cut copy and paste. The computer word tutorial then talks about paste options demonstrating later in the lesson and covers copy and paste along with using the clipboard. The differences between Word 2010 and Word 2007 regarding paste options are spoken about. [Read more…]

Basic Computer Training – Web Browsers the Basics

July 13, 2011 by steve

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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Internet – World Wide Web – What Are Hyperlinks Lesson

January 15, 2011 by steve

Basic Computer Training – What Are Hyperlinks Lesson

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 more…]