Computer Help for Seniors

Is your google homepage getting cluttered with multiple gadgets? Organize gadgets under different categories or tabs. 1. On the left side of your google homepage 2. Click the triangle pointing down beside home 3. choose add a tab 4. type in a label for the tab or category you will create 5. remove the I’m feeling lucky 6. click OK 7. your new tab/category has been created Click on the tab name and click “add stuff” to customize your new empty category/tab [Microsoft Word] I am getting a small preview of each page on the left, how can I remove or get it back 1. click the view menu 2. choose thumbnail to remove or make it appear I have been using this new igoogle, I like it, but I want my original Google page back without all the gadgets. What do I do to get it back? 1. on the top right of the page, you will see a link titled “classic home” 2. Click that to have your google.com page return to the classic style/design ***notice once you have the original google page displayed, the link y

Setting up a custom iGoogle homepage with personalized windows displaying topics of your choice. (ex. news, directions, tv listings, daily soduku, joke of the day, stock updates, gmail – choose 1 or all) 1. go to igoogle.com 2. click sign in (top left) 3. type in your entire gmail email ex. sftowershelp@gmail.com 4. type in your password and choose remember me on this computer 5. click sign in 6. a window will appear (the first time you set it up) asking which topics you are interested in including on your custom homepage 7. check a few of the boxes beside the topics 8. if you like you can choose a custom theme that can be changed later if you do not like it 9. type in your zip code 10. click “see your page” to generate your custom homepage Navigating on the iGoogle homepage *Tabs on the left On the left of the window are tabs that list each of the panels/gadget you have included as part of your homepage. Click it to open a larger view **Each panel/gadget is separated by its own border