Saturday, January 30, 2010

WHAT DO THE TERMS 32-BIT AND 64 BIT MEAN?

The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's processor (also called a CPU), handles information. The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system. To see if your computer is running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows, do the following:
  1. Open System by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking System
  2. Under System, you can view the system type

To run a 64-bit version of Windows, your computer must have a 64-bit-capable processor. If you are unsure whether your processor is 64-bit-capable, do the following:

  1. Open Performance Information and Tools by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Performance Information and Tools
  2. Click View and print details
  3. In the System section, you can see what type of operating system you're currently running under System type, and, under 64-bit capable, whether you can run a 64-bit version of Windows. (If your computer is already running a 64-bit version of Windows, you won't see the 64-bit capable listing.)
  4. Most programs designed for a computer running a 32-bit version of Windows will work on a computer running 64-bit versions of Windows. Notable exceptions are many antivirus programs, and some hardware drivers
  5. Drivers designed for 32-bit versions of Windows do not work on computers running a 64-bit version of Windows. If you're trying to install a printer or other device that only has 32-bit drivers available, it won't work correctly on a 64-bit version of Windows. If you are unsure whether there is a 64-bit driver available for your device, go online to www.microsoft.com and search for the Windows Vista Compatibility Center

Thursday, January 28, 2010

WHAT ARE PLUG INS….

PLUG-INS are small computer bits of software, typically free, that let you view a document, interact with an image, listen to music or watch a video. When you have the right PLUG-IN software application, you can view different information formats in your browser window on your computer, so that you can listen to your favorite song, see animations and videos and read documents that are secured in PDF format. Example: if you want to play a game that uses Shockwave and you don't have it on your computer you'll be prompted to install it. Once installed, you usually have to restart your browser or even your operating system to make a plug-in active. What popular PLUG-INS do:

Real Player - Popular sound and video player

Flash Player - Used for animations and games

Shockwave Player - Used for 3d animations and games

Cortona - Used for viewing and interacting with virtual environments

Acrobat - This is a reader, that is needed to look at PDF files

QuickTime - used for high quality video

Windows Media Player - Microsoft's media player - plays sound and video

iPIX - Used for viewing 3D Picture Bubbles

VLC Media Player - Some say this is the best media player for windows plays sound & video

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

What to do with the digital photos you are taking?

Here we go again – taking lots of photos and then stashing them in our computers – like we’ve done over the years with photos that weren’t properly identified with whose in the photo, when it was taken or where – we meant to do that, but life got in the way.. Now it's the digital age and we're doing the same thing when we put them in our computer instead of in a box, bureau drawer or closet… We hope these ideas will help you as you build your photo library on your computer…

When you copy photo's from your camera's memory card to your computer to the "My Picture or Picture" folder it is beneficial to immediately create a folder indicating what the event is - better yet, consider having master folders for each year, and then sub-folders for the 12 months during the year and within the months, sub-folders for specific events... When you want a particular photo (s) in one of these sub-folders, simply create a new folder with the project name on it, or to email, or to print, and copy the photos you want from the various folders, to the project folder; done with your project-empty/delete the folder - and you will know that the original photo is safe in the correct folder...

Editing photos using Google's "Picasa" a "free photo editing software program" that allows you to easily and quickly edit your photos, crop them - improve color, change to sepia or black & white, add soft focus lighting or enhance them in a variety of other ways; upload them to web albums to share with friends & families or to add to your blog, create collages, movies, print them and many other wonderful features... and it's all free...
to download this free software, go to http://www.picasa.com/ and follow the download wizard

Windows Movie Maker: another free software, that will allow you to create movies with your photos and enhance those movies with with animation and music that you've downloaded from your favorite CD's. Again, this software is free and easy to work with - finished movies can be saved to CD's or DVD's for gifts or personal use..
This free software is included on all computers with Windows XP & Vista and can be downloaded to those pc's with Windows 7 - for more info on this go to the following hyperlink:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/02/11/windows-movie-maker-2-6-available-for-vista-windows-7/

Create and Publish your own book: another free software from either http://www.blurb.com/ or http://www.lulu.com/ that allows you to create and publish your own book - either all photo's, all text, or a combination of both... Sizes, styles, paper choices all vary depending on what you want and your budget... when you go to these websites - you can download their free book creation software - blub.com uses "booksmart" and you can then create your book in your own time; personally I know of people who've taken over a year - so no rush.. once the software is on your computer you can work at your own pace...

Hopefully we've given you some food for thought - we will share more ideas with you in the weeks ahead, including digital scrapbooking and more. If you have a suggestion, send it to us so that we can share it with your fellow students... In the meantime - enjoy...

Saturday, January 23, 2010

How to find a tele number, address or someone

When you are looking for a telephone number or address for someone or a company, these websites can help and they are free – my favorite is “anywho.com”

Have a telephone number and not sure who it belongs to, many of the services above offer "reverse lookup" so type in the telephone number and it will tell you who it belongs to (or if it is cell phone number it doesn' list the person... or go to google or bing an type in the telephone number...

When you need more infomation about someone (background check, personal, financial, criminal, marital status etc) to check a new employee, tenant whatever, there are investigative services that you can pay for the information..

BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET RIPPED OFF. Some sites, such as consumer-warning.org and others look official and non-biased but are actually advertising sites for companies such as “net.detective.com” – if they only list one recommendation, you know it’s an advertisement.. Do your homework - check out your local Better Business Bureau before paying anyone.....

Want to learn more about “how to investigate” someone – maybe a new employee or tenant or finding a lost relative or friend, then check out..

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Classes Cancelled This Week

Quick Note - All of my classes for this week are cancelled due to a minor glitch!!
I've been in the hospital since the weekend for a minor cardiac problem, but I am now home and after a few days rest will be just fine..

All classes scheduled next week will be held... We will notify everyone via email and/or phone of the following make-up dates for classes that we had to cancel this week..
  • Digital Camera Part 2 on Friday, Jan 29th 8:30am-12:20pm
  • Internet and It's Many Uses on Monday & Friday Feb 1st & 5th 8:30am-12:20pm
  • Excel List Management on Fridays, Feb. 5th & 12th, 1pm-4:50pm
Thanks for understanding. Cherie Houston

How to convert slides to digital

Many of us have old photos in slide formats needing a slide projector. That technology is pretty much obsolete. To preserve slides and display them on other formats, you must convert them. A slide converter converts slides to digital file you can store on your computer on a CD or DVD. Slide converter prices vary with how much they speed up the process of converting. You could scan each slide individually without a converter; but this is a long process if you have a large number of slides. Prices vary - at Amazon.com prices ranged from $49.99 to $249.00.

Most converters work the same way. They are separate machines from the computer, where you put your slides in a holder that generally holds about 5-9 slides, slide the holder through the machine and take a picture of each slide. Companies such as Ritz Camera & others provide this and other conversion services (slide conversion charges usually range from 19-.39 per slide).
Hope this list of websites will help with your “tech shopping”:

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Free Anti-Virus & Spyware software

Many of you are asking for recommendations on free anti-virus and or spyware programs and companies that provide online back-ups for your computers... we hope the following helps

A great website to help you evaluate "freeware" is:
This site, known as "gizmo" lists & evlauates "freeware” that is on the market/online… FREEWARE is software that’s free.. (Bottom left hand column on their website there is a button that says show me everything if you want to look at a master list of all free software, vs. a particular category..)

ANTI-SPYWARE FREEWARE - The most popular seem to be:

www.superantispyware.com

www.malwarebytes.org (if you choose to upgrade, it is a one time fee of $24.95)

www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php Most of the free versions are “on-demand” meaning you will have to manually run them when you need them – but many of us have download them all and weekly have them all scan our computers…

ANTI-VIRUS FREEWARE - For those of use who use free Anti-Virus software, these seem to be the favorites.. Remember you can only have one anti-virus program on your computer at a time – so always remove one before you replace it with another program..

www.avg.com – The one I’ve used for years and have great faith in

www.moonsecure.com – This free antivirus program installs easily, updates frequently and continually monitors your system; it was noted also in the fall 2009 issue smart computing magazine…

There are others out there, such as: TrendMicro Systems, WinFixer and others but I’ve not heard great things about them – so ask around & do your homework before you use them

ON LINE BACK OF YOUR COMPUTER (Documents, pictures, music etc..) Two companies come to mind:

www.carbonite.com and www.mozy.com

Personally, I use Carbonite and find it the least expensive, because I have so much to back up (over 200GB); their annual flat rate now is $54.95 – which is insignificant if everything was ever lost or corrupted……it backs up continually (behind the scenes) so no matter how & when I add work, etc to my PC it’s backed up without thinking about it… never have to worry about my computer crashing. So check them out, do the math and decide which is best for you..

Friday, January 15, 2010

Upcoming Classes

These classes are being held in the next few weeks - to reserve your seat, call Registration 928-855-7812 or 453-1139.. Consider signing up with a friend – coming to class with someone else gives you the motivation to practice and the more people in each class the more is learned from questions....If you have any questions about a specific class or topic – email me: cherie_houston@hotmail.com

Note-The MCC Campus is closed Monday Jan 18th for the holiday-if you can't register before class begins next week - you are welcome to come to class and then go the registration office after class to register..

INTERNET AND IT’S MANY USES LSC071- SEC 121 TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNING 8:30-12:20PM, JAN 19 & 21 - Two 4 Hour classes with lots of internet tips & lingo, such as ISP, browser, blogger and more; when & why to use F5 & F11; understanding websites & hyperlinks, basics of email, using “Google & Bing” to search web, images, news; translating to & from different languages; blogging

LIST AND DATA MANAGEMENT WITH EXCEL LSC 069-SEC 121: TUESDAY & THURSDAY AFTERNOONS 1PM-4:50PM, JAN 19 & 21 - Two 4 hour classes-Learn to work with a spreadsheet for numbers and list management “text” (budget, contact lists for mail merges) Workbook vs. worksheet; cells, columns, rows, auto-formats; margins, grid lines, sorting numbers & data & print basics - Bring an address book or contact list to class

FIND/ORGANIZE WHAT’S ON YOUR PC LSC 062-SEC 124 MONDAY & WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, 8:30-12:20PM JAN 25 & 27 - Find what you’ve saved on your PC; organize your work, files & photo’s to find them quickly & easily. Learn to back up your pc, photo & documents with portable flash & hard drives, memory cards and memory card readers..

PICASA PHOTO EDITING LSC100A-SEC 222 MONDAY & WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS, 1PM-4:50PM JAN 25 & 27 - Learn to edit & print DIGITAL photo’s using Picasa (a free Google software); learn to upload photo’s from your camera and/or scanner to the PC & learn to order prints online - Bring your digital camera to class

CREATE GREAT LOOKING DOCUMENTS LSC068-SEC 121 TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNING 8:30-12:20PM JAN 26 & 28 - Two 4 hour classes-reviewing the basics to open, create, save documents; highlight; cut-copy-paste, set & change margins; create letters, envelopes, labels & use clip art, word art to enhance documents, create flyers & invitations & lots of printing tips

MOVIE MAKER LSC100A-SEC 223 TUESDAY & THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, 1-4:50PM JAN 26 & 28 - Two 4 hour classes during which you will create movies with your photos, including music and other special effects: transitions, titles/credits, audio tracks with your favorite music, timeline narration, and much more. This software is free with Windows XP, Media, Vista and/or the new Windows 7 operating systems… Great fun & easy to learn - Bring photos to class (on your camera or flash drive)

DIGITAL CAMERA BASICS LSC100A-SEC 122 MONDAY & FRIDAY MORNINGS 8:30-12:20PM FEB 8 & 12 - Two 4 hour classes-intro to digital cameras; pixels, camera lingo, basic how to’s, move photo’s to your pc with memory card & memory card reader, organize photos on your pc using windows explorer; save photos to portable drives - bring your digital camera to class

COMPUTERS FOR THE FUN OF IT LSC 062-Sec 122 TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNING, 8:30-12:20PM, FEB 9 & 11 - Two 4 Hour classes reviewing computer hardware, software, printing tips, keyboard shortcut tips, customizing desktop-changing backgrounds, create shortcuts, using quick launch bar, Start Menu, Task Bar, control panel & much more… Bring your questions..

How to use a Blog

How do I use a BLOG?? this recent question from a student is one we are sure many of you may be asking..

All BLOGS are intended to be "informational" just like any newsletter you might receive. But in addition to reading the "posts-otherwise called articles" that we publish on our BLOG, you can also copy any of the "post/articles" and save them to your word processing files so you can then print them for your books, and you can comment on what we've said in a specific "post/article" - The how to's are noted below..

  • To copy a post/article to be able to change the size and/or print: highlight any portion of the post/article - activate the paste command, now open or go to your word processing program and on a clean piece of paper - activate the paste command. What you had highlighted will now be n the page and you can change the font size and style and note - that you might want to change the color of the entire post/article to BLACK because most blogs use a light gray print (even though it may look black)... Once it is the way you want it, you can go to File, Save As, Open or Create the specific folder you want it saved in - remember to give it a name that will make it easy for you to find in the future.. and you can now print it off to add to your computer book...
  • To comment on a "post/article" that has been written - note that beneath each "post/article", you will see the word comment - and when you left on the phrase "comment" it will take you to a dialog box, that you can then type your comments about the "post" article that you have just read...

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

TV & Monitor Differences - Plasma vs LCD vs LED

So many of you have asked "which TV or Monitor screen is better?" We hope these descriptions, pros & cons will help with your decision. Personally, budget to me is a major consideration because technology is changing so rapidly - so much technology today is considered "throw-away" so it makes no sense to invest a lot of money...

PLASMA SCREENS use gas plasma cells charged by precise electrical voltages to create a picture.

Plasma Pros:
• Better black rendering, contrast ratio and ability for more color depth
• Better motion tracking (response time) and available in very large screen sizes.

Plasma Cons:
• susceptible to burn-in (being reduced with technology improvements the past few years)
• they generate more heat and consume more power
• screen glare in brightly lit rooms
• heavier weight, and more delicate to ship

LCD SCREENS (Liquid Crystal Display) are layers of liquid crystal pushed into the space between two glass plates. Images are created by varying the amount of electrical charge applied to the crystals

LCD Pros
• No burn-in susceptibility and they run cooler than plasma & consume less power
• less screen glare, look better in brightly lit rooms & more functional at high altitudes
• longer display life (although improvements are being made in Plasma screen life)

LCD Cons
• Lower contrast ratio
• not as good rendering deep blacks
• not as good at tracking motion (but this is improving- look for at least 120 Hz or 240 Hz)

LED SCREENS (Light Emitting Diodes) use backlighting vs. fluorescent lights used in traditional LCD televisions

LED Pros & Cons are almost the same as LCD but LED come with better contrast ratio, better picture quality , super slim and 40% less power consumption but higher price

Monday, January 11, 2010

ELIMINATE PROGRAMS AT START UP

You can often help speed up your computer, by eliminating unnecessary programs from running when you start your windows operating system. The following steps may vary slightly depending on the OS (Operating System version - Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista or 7) that you are using on your computer

  • Open Your Start Menu (from the Task Bar)
  • Left Click Programs
  • Left Click Accessories
  • Left Click system information
  • Left Click tools
  • Then click system configuration
  • Then click the tab “start up”
  • You will now see everything that starts up with your computer with a check mark next to it. To the right of the item, it tells what program it is associated with.
  • You can check and un-check any of these items and see if it makes the computer run faster or not. If it's something you want, then you just go back to the same place and check it again.
  • Sometimes if a program has been reinstalled you will see the same program listed/checked twice.

Basically, the only two things that need to be running when you get your task manager (by holding down the CTRL, ALT, DEL keys together) and the Task Manager Dialog Box Appears is explorer and systray. You should find the rest of the "ghosts" listed under the start up tab in system configuration.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Print Screen Key - Why & How to Use This

You get an error message on your screen or something happens you don't understand - don't try to write all the information down - simply use your PRINT SCREEN KEY (usually located to the right side of your keyboard-to the right of Function Keys F1-F12)
What the PRINT SCREEN KEY does is capture an image (takes a photo of) your entire monitor screen, also known as a "screen shot" or "screen capture", and copies it to the Clipboard in your computer's memory.

Once you use the PRINT SCREEN KEY - you need to PASTE the image somewhere - Word Pad, Works, Word, an email, wherever... Activate Paste (CTRL+V; or use your action key and click paste; or use the paste icon on your toolbar/ribbon or right click and then left click on paste from the action menu) where you want it and when you do, the entire image that was on your monitor will now be where you pasted it. You can now Save this and/or print the image so that you can show it or discuss it with a technician or whomever...
Note - some OS (operating systems) require you to use:

  • the CTRL + PRINT SCREEN KEY, AND/OR
  • most laptops require you to use the Fn Key + Print Screen

Having a true photo of your monitor screen is beneficial for discussion and future reference (especially when something happens and you tell someone and they tell you that can't possibly happen) Now you can show it to them...

Thursday, January 7, 2010

EMAIL TIPS - Forwarding & Using BCC

Be courteous to friends and family and don’t share their email addresses with the world - protect their privacy ~ Consider these two tips:

  • When forwarding, ALWAYS DELETE ALL OTHER EMAIL ADDRESSES that appear in the message (at the top). Just highlight them and delete them or cut them out – You have to click the "Forward" button first and then you can edit the message anyway you want, including removing all prior email messages (If you don't click "Forward" first, you won't be able to edit the message) Remember when you use the forward button it makes a copy of the entire message-so it’s now your property.
  • ALWAYS USE THE BCC when sending messages to numerous people (that’s right don’t put their names in the TO: field – if your email requires an address there, such as AOL does, then put your own). When you use the BCC everyone gets the email message but no one sees any address that the email was sent to protecting everyone’s privacy

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

COPY FILES FROM COMPUTER TO A FLASH DRIVE

Copy and Paste is the same whether you are copying an article in the paper or an email you've received or from one page in word to another page or another document... Steps are:
  1. Highlight what you want to copy
  2. Give the command to Copy
  3. Go to where you want to put the item
  4. Give the command to Paste...
So you do the same thing when you are copying a folder, group of folders or various files to and from your flash/removable drive...
  1. Open My Computer to see which drives are shown.
  2. Insert flash drive in the USB port, it will appear as “removable drive” or indicate the company name (Removable Disk (G)
  3. Open MY DOCUMENTS & Select the files or folders you want to copy to flash drive by left-clicking on them. To copy multiple, hold the CTRL key while you click & select all of the files you wish to save.
  4. RIGHT-CLICK on the folders you want to copy (or go to Menu Bar & Edit) and choose COPY.
  5. Go to “My Computer”; choose the correct Drive you want to copy your work/files/folders to; highlight that drive (i.e. "Removable Disk (G:),
  6. RIGHT-CLICK on the Drive (or go to Menu Bar & Edit); choose PASTE

When the copying is finished, DO NOT IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE FLASH DRIVE FROM THE USB PORT - Left-click on the REMOVE HARDWARE icon located in the System Tray to the far right of your Task Bar on the bottom of your monitor screen, to be sure it says: SAFELY REMOVE STORAGE DEVICE.

Monday, January 4, 2010

January Computer Classes Begin Jan 12th

Happy New Year Everyone – Imagine – 2010!!!

My Computer classes at Mohave Community College will resume in another week – there are seats available in many of the classes, so call to reserve your spot and join us..
Call Registration 928-453-1139 ..

We have lots of wonderful classes scheduled January thru April, so sign up early to reserve your seat and bring a friend. Coming to class with someone else gives you the motivation to practice more people in class means more questions and we all learn from questions..

The following are our January classes - many of which will be repeated in February, March & April and there are classes in other topics during those months also.. Remember-February Classes fill up quickly due to Spring Frenzy so reserve your seats early..

COMPUTERS FOR THE FUN OF IT LSC 062-Sec 121 TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNING, 8:30-12:20PM, JAN 12 & 14 - Two 4 Hour classes reviewing computer hardware, software, printing tips, keyboard shortcut tips, customizing desktop-changing backgrounds, create shortcuts, using quick launch bar, Start Menu, Task Bar, control panel & much more… Bring your questions.. The following classes are all 8 hours - held in 2-Four Hr. Sessions.

BLOGGING BASICS – OUR NEW 8 HR. ENHANCED LSC080–SEC 121 TUESDAY & THURSDAY AFTERNOONS 1-4:50PM, JAN 12 & 14 - Review blogging basics, “social networking” “Facebook” “Twittering” etc.. Learn to create a blog for yourself or your group, we’ll show you how, why & when to post – comments; Use templates to change designs and layouts, Add Ons: Links, Photos, Slide Shows, Blog Tools & more – great fun

DIGITAL CAMERA BASICS LSC100A-SEC 121 WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 8:30-12:20PM Jan 13 & 20 - Intro to digital cameras; pixels, camera lingo, basic how to’s, move photo’s to your pc with memory card & memory card reader, organize photos on your pc using windows explorer; save photos to portable drives - Bring your digital camera to class

MAIL MERGE USING WORD & EXCEL LSC068- SEC 221 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS, 1PM-4:50PM, JAN 13 & 20 - create a data list using both excel and word software learn to enter & sort data various ways; to merge data for multiple “personalized” documents such as mailing labels, other labels, envelopes or form letters..Bring an address book or contact list to class

LIST AND DATA MANAGEMENT WITH EXCEL LSC 069-SEC 121 TUESDAY & THURSDAY AFTERNOONS 1PM-4:50PM, JAN 19 & 21 - Learn to work with a spreadsheet for numbers and list management “text” (budget, contact lists for mail merges) Workbook vs. worksheet; cells, columns, rows, auto-formats; margins, grid lines, sorting numbers & data & print basics - Bring an address book or contact list to class

INTERNET AND IT’S MANY USES LSC071- SEC 121 TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNING 8:30-12:20PM, JAN 19 & 20 - Learn to maneuver & surf the Internet, lots of Internet tips & lingo: ISP, browser, blogger and more; when & why to use F5 & F11; understanding websites & hyperlinks, basics of email, using “Google & Bing” to search web, images, news; translating to & from different languages; blogging &lots of great websites...

FIND/ORGANIZE WHAT’S ON YOUR PC LSC 062-SEC 124 MONDAY & WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, 8:30-12:20PM JAN 25 & 27 - Find what you’ve saved on your PC; organize your work, files & photo’s to find them quickly & easily. Learn to back up your pc, photo & documents with portable flash & hard drives, memory cards and memory card readers..

PICASA PHOTO EDITING LSC100A-SEC 222 MONDAY & WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS, 1PM-4:50PM JAN 25 & 27 - Learn to edit & print DIGITAL photo’s using Picasa (a free Google software); learn to upload photo’s from your camera and/or scanner to the PC & learn to order prints online - Bring your digital camera to class

CREATE GREAT LOOKING DOCUMENTS LSC068-SEC 121 TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNING 8:30-12:20PM JAN 26 & 28 - Learn the basics to open, create, save documents; highlight; cut-copy-paste, set & change margins; create letters, envelopes, labels & use clip art, word art to enhance documents, create flyer's & invitations & lots of printing tips

MOVIE MAKER LSC100A-SEC 223 TUESDAY & THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, 1-4:50PM JAN 26 & 28 - Learn to create movies with your photos, including music and other special effects: transitions, titles/credits, audio tracks with your favorite music, timeline narration, and much more. This software is free with Windows XP, Media, Vista and/or the new Windows 7 operating systems… Great fun & easy to learn - Bring photos to class (on your camera or flash drive)

If you have questions about a class or topic, email me: cherie_houston@hotmail.com

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Cut - Copy – Paste

Once you master the skill of copying and pasting, so many things we do on the computer: working with emails, the internet-such as shopping & banking, directions; of course working with word processing - writing letters, recipes, flyers, invitations; saving to flash drives, portable hard drives, moving photos from our digital cameras to folders; burning CD's & DVD's; and much more, becomes so easy. So practice these skills often - and remember there are 5 different ways that you can activate the commands to cut - copy - paste...

TO CUT/COPY & PASTE:

  • Select /highlight what you want to Cut or Copy
  • Then activate CUT or COPY (any of 5 ways)
  • Go to Where you Want what You’ve Cut or Copy to now be placed

    (To find your travel or portable hard drive-Open my computer & find the right drive; or open your email or open the software-Word, Excel, Power Point etc.)
  • Then activate PASTE (any of 5 ways)

5 WAYS TO CUT, COPY OR PASTE…

  1. MENU BAR: Go To Edit, left click on cut, copy or paste
  2. ICONS: Use the cut, copy or paste/clipboard icons on your toolbar/ribbon
  3. MOUSE: Use RIGHT CLICK-Be sure your mouse is on what you’ve highlighted & RIGHT CLICK; action menu will appear and now you can left click on cut, copy or paste/clipboard
  4. KEYBOARD ACTION KEY: Use the Action/function key (bottom row, right of the shift bar before the CTRL key) and choose cut, copy or paste/clipboard
  5. KEYBOARD: Use keys on your Keyboard (Copy is CTRL + C; Paste is CTRL + V; Cut is CTRL + X; Print is CTRL +P )

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year 2010!!

On behalf of our entire staff and myself, we want to wish you and yours a healthy, happy New Year full of blessings and joy ~ May this year be the best year of your life!

By William Arthur Ward quotes (American dedicated scholar, author, editor, pastor and teacher)

“Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”