Set Clock on Computer

Today’s How-To Guide for the Computer Beginning is setting the computer Clock. When learning computer basics you will notice on the right hand corner of the bottom of your screen is a clock.   Most of the time when you setup your computer the operating system will prompt you to set...

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Set home page Firefox, Change home page in Internet Explorer

One of the first basic computer training lessons I received was change home page in Internet Explorer. Set the home page in Firefox will also be covered today!What is a home page? Generally the first page retrieved when accessing a Web site. When you turn on your computer, and you access the internet that first image you see is the home page. When I first brought home my computer, and set it up...

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Getting to know your web browser!

Part of basic computer training is learning to use the internet. Today we are going to learn about the web browser! What is a web browser? What are the parts of the web browser? Display Window The web browser has a 'display window' you are viewing this lesson in! Its basically the work space...

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Dialog Boxes what are they and what do they do?

Last time we spoke about Menu options, and I mentioned if the option has "..." following it you will need to input information into a dialog box! 'FIND...' was the example in the last lesson. I have pictured today a PRINTER menu screen, and we can use the different dialog boxes to tell the computer...

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Start Button On Computer? Where is the Start Menu?

When I started to help some friends and family with their computer skills one of the first questions they asked was, “What is a start button?”   That is when I realized I need to slow down, because some of the computer stuff maybe second nature to me!  It hardly is the case with the person...

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What are Menu Options? Sub Menus?

Windows have TONS of menus! What is a menu option? Today’s How-To Guide for the Computer Beginner is our explanation of Menu Options. Compare the term menu options to when you go out to eat at a restaurant.    You tell the wait staff what meal you would like to have, and they...

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