How to Do: Microsoft Word
It would be wrong to think of Word as a computer version of a typewriter. Of course it will do that, but it will do much more as well. Microsoft Word is a word processing software package. You can use it to type letters, reports, and other documents. It gives you the ablilty to use your home computer as well as your business computer for desktop publishing. Although I am aiming this at the computer novice, because Microsoft Word has numerous different... [Read More...]
How to Do: Photo Enhancing
Very often the image you see with your eye is not the one that comes out of the camera. And sometimes you just want to improve upon reality. The image you want is usually in there somewhere. This is how you get it. If you have a digital camera you will have some digital editing software – it is usually packaged with the stuff they give you to import the pics. Sometimes it is a version of the professional industry standard, PhotoShop. You may... [Read More...]
How to Do: Digital Photography
The best camera in the world does not make the picture on its own. Understanding the gear is less than half of it. Understanding photography is is also less than half of it. The rest is made up of understanding digital images and how computers work with them Digital cameras have changed everything. No one minds shooting a load of pictures these days to get the perfect one. People are being bolder becasue they are not going to run out of film, or... [Read More...]
Introducing: The Home Computer Tutor
Hi there. I am Dave, The Home Computer Tutor. I am the sort of person you would like to meet if there are things that you just don’t get about your computer. From turning it on, to setting it up, to email, pop-ups, digital photos, video on your computer, surfing the web, spam, words, pictures, you name it. You might be lost in the techno-babble . You might be just looking to up your skills… [Read More...] Read More →
Jargon Translator
One of the biggest barriers to learning computers is that computer teachers often start trying to teach in an alien language. While I pride myself on having retained the use of English as my primary language, and most people prefer it, you will find many books and manuals stuffed full of technical words, metaphors and acronyms. Below is a list of many of these with their meanings translated into English. Picnic - Acronym used by arrogant... [Read More...]
Setting up a Blackberry
Get set up on your BlackBerry smartphone If there’s an Email Setup option on your smartphone’s home screen, click it. Alternately, there is a setup wizard on the device which will either start automatically the first time you turn on your smartphone, or will be featured as an icon on the home screen of your smartphone. When you reach the email setup screen of the setup wizard: Select I want to create or add an email address. Click Next. To... [Read More...]