Basic Computing

1. Basic Computing Clatsop Community College October 17, 2011 Class 4 of 5

2. Where to get these slides • PersonalComputerTraining.US/basic • Materials for all four weeks.

3. Survey

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6. Schedule • Last week • Review Folders and Files in Windows Explorer. • Edit Text (Using Notepad). Backspace, Delete, Arrow keys, highlighting text, Copy and Paste, Cut and Paste • Explore Word 2010 • Tonight • Explore the Internet using Internet Explorer

7. Schedule • October 24 • Review of any topics students request. Send e-mail to jane@personalcomputertraining.us or leave a message (503) 470-0885 • Internet Explorer • E-mail

8. Review • What’s a keyboard shortcut for “Copy”? • What’s a keyboard shortcut for “Cut”? • To me it looks like a scissors.  • What’s a keyboard shortcut for “Paste”? • To me it looks like an arrow (^).

9. Review • To highlight (or select) text, hold down the _____ key and use arrows. • What two keys offer an alternative to scrolling up and down? • What happens when you press Windows key + E?

10. Review The Libraries folder is a. Expanded b. Collapsed

11. “Super Secret #1” • Whenever you have the question, "How do I.....?" 95% of the time the answer is “Right-click.“ • The drop-down menu provides relevant choices as a courteous shortcut for you.

12. “Super Secret #2” • CTRL + Z: Live it, know it, breathe it.  If you mess up, delete something accidentally, or generally 'screw up', press “Ctrl + Z" to UNDO.  • (The opposite is "Ctrl + Y" to REDO.)

13. “Super Secret #3” • Know Your Tools!!! • Take 10 minutes (JUST 10 minutes!) to float your mouse over your toolbar buttons and read the name of the tools.  • If you still have no idea what it is, just type the name into the "Help" box (top right of most software programs) and you will get complete instructions on how to use that tool.

14. “Super Secret #4” • Tools, Options. Go there in any software program and explore.  You will find out how much control you really have over your computer.  It's awesome! • What is a “default”? The standard setting unless you change it. You can set your own preferences in “Options”.

15. The Internet Highway U.S. Postal Servicewww.usps.gov American Red Cross www.redcross.org E-mail Host www.yahoo.com Reed Collegewww.reed.edu Ford Motor Company www.ford.com Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer edu education gov government com commercial org organization Chrome

16. Various Web Browsers • Microsoft’s “Internet Explorer” • Mozilla Firefox • Instead of “Favorites”, Firefox calls them “Bookmarks” • Google Chrome • Opera

17. The Internet vs. The Web • Internet is like Infrastructure • Think of phone lines, switching stations, computers • Web is all the individual places that tap into the Internet • Think of people calling your home phone to get in touch with you, find out information, purchase something...

18. What is a hyperlink (link)? • A “pointer” to take you to a new location. • Can be another place on the same page. • Can be another place on the same web site. • Can be another web site • Can be an icon or underlined words

19. What happens when your pointer (arrow) is on a hyperlink?

20. Once you follow a hyperlink… • How do you get back? Go back one page

21. Internet Explorer – Favorites List of Favorite Web Sites Add to Favorites Bar

22. Internet Explorer - Favorites Add to List of Favorite Web Sites

23. Internet Explorer - Favorites • Ways to organize: • Drag and Drop the Favorites to change their order • “Organize Favorites” is a choice under “Add to Favorites”

24. Internet Review • Open Internet Explorer (the blue “e” with agold halo) • Locate these items: • The menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc.) • The “Back” button • Favorites. (Click the word and see the list of favorite web sites.) • The “search” box on the top right of the page. (Click the dropdown arrow to see different search providers.)

25. Web Page Readability • To increase font size: • Ctrl + + • To decrease font size: • Ctrl + - • Hold down Ctrl and use the wheel • Rotate the wheel away from yourself to increase font size • Rotate the wheel toward yourself to decrease font size

26. Addresses Snail Mail Jane Doe 789 Wherever Street Wendell AZ 85355 Web Address is a URL (Universal Resource Locator) www.bestbuy.com World-wide-web . Company . classification

27. Web Addresses Arizona State University www.asu.edu Education Amazon (a business) www.amazon.com Commercial UNICEF (a non-profit organization) WWW.UNICEF.ORG Organization United States Postal Service (government dept.) www.usps.gov Government

28. Can you guess these URLs? Girl Scouts girlscouts.org The White House whitehouse.gov Games Industry gamesindustry.biz Clatsop Community College clatsopcc.edu

29. Designing a Web Site • What do I want to share? • How can I categorize the information? • People can sort through no more than 7-10 choices. • Name the categories so your readers understand • How can users navigate the site? • Don’t make them press the BACK button too much. • Let them know where they are. (Show breadcrumbs.) • Make it obvious when there is information below the “fold” of the page.

30. Using bing or google to search • Use bing or Google “search” to find answers to these questions. • Go to amazon.com and use the “search” to find the book “The Red Badge of Courage.” Are used copies available? • Go to bestonlinecoupons.com and see if there are Halloween costumes on sale. • Go to dpchallenge.com and view some photos in a competition.

31. Macy’s Web Site Top Navigation Menu(11 categories at macys.com)

32. Macy’s Web Site Left Navigation Menu

33. Macy’s Web Site Right Menu

34. Macy’s Web Site Topmost Right Menu

35. Macy’s Web Site L-o-n-g URL http://www1.macys.com/catalog/index.ognc?CategoryID=7498&LinkType=Homepage&cm_re=67.2.37-_-HOMEPAGE_INCLUDE_1-_-CATEGORY%20--%205125%20--%207498:dining&PageID=32205208334017

36. Macy’s Web Site Info at Bottom of Page

37. Explore!

38. Preparing for E-mail • Choose a vendor and create an account • Google gmail.com FREE • Yahoo yahoo.com FREE • Microsoft hotmail.com FREE live.com FREE • Charter charter.net with package

39. Preparing for E-mail • Choose an account name • An email address says a lot about the person who owns it. • Give your address some thought. • If you ever plan to use it formally for job search, don’t be flippant. • You can use more than one email address. This way, you can have different names for different activities or levels of professionalism. • Try to avoid underscores and dashes.

40. My different e-mail accounts • Daily Use • jane@personalcomputertraining.us Business • jane9151@gmail.com Personal • eBay Use • janepct7@hotmail.com • Infrequent Use • janepct7@aol.com Business Testing • janepct@live.com Business Testing

41. You get much more than just E-mail • An account is a mansion in the sky • E-mail • Photo Album (to share your photos with friends) • Document Storage • Groups (people with common interests who share info with one another) • Calendar

42. E-mail Functions • Manage your account • Write e-mail • Read email • Prevent junk mail • Attachments • Contacts • Customization • Calendar

43. Manage your account • Password • Time Zone

44. Write e-mail • E-mail etiquette • Use a meaningful subject • Make it personal • Answer all questions, and pre-empt further questions • Don't forward virus hoaxes and chain letters • Don't reply to spam • Do not write in CAPITALS – That’s SHOUTING • Do not overuse “Reply to All” • Mailings: Use the BCC field (This hides e-mail addresses as a courtesy to the recipients.)

45. Write e-mail • Personal Signature. Prepare your signature with as much information as you like to include with all e-mail. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Francis Warrenton, Oregon ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Francis Personal Computer Training www.personalcomputertraining.us 503 470-0885 Individualized training Learn what you want to learn at your pace on your computer. Personal Business

46. Read e-mail • Reading “pane”

47. Read e-mail • Double-click a message to see the full text. • Conversations (threads).

48. Prevent unwanted mail • Junk Mail • Filters and reporting • Safe and blocked senders • Spam • Your e-mail provider suspects this might be bothersome mail. • It might be something you want to receive, such as confirmation of the shipping of an order.

49. Attachments • Receive • View it now • Save it to My Documents or My Pictures • Send • Search for the photo or document in your folders. • Consider the size of the attachment. Photos of 5 MB might be too large for some people to receive.

50. Contacts • Contact information • E-mail address(es) • Phone(s) and Fax • Address(es) • Notes • Import contacts (from a file) • When you get an e-mail from someone new, you can “add to contacts” list. • Create“groups” or “categories” for distribution lists.