Computer Help for Seniors

Software to "possibly" improve the performance of your computer (note you can also search for each product in Google so you don't need to type in the exact website address) Ccleaner - www.piriform.com/ CCLEANER Smart Defrag - http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html Malware Bytes - http://www.malwarebytes.org/ **Be careful when installing, don't install the partner/affiliate software, by removing checkmarks or skipping** If after you install the software you can always remove it by going to the control panel, add/remove or uninstall program. Steps to complete the cleaning- 1) Download the program (free version) 2) Install choose the free versions, and skip partner software 3) Open and Run the program 4) The program will scan your computer 5) Choose to clean up the problems the scan found or not 6) Close the program and if you choose you may uninstall it and start at step one again the next time you want to run the software USB solut

My Email Messages get lost when I am typing out a message Best way is to type the body of the message into a word processing document 1.   open your word processing program (appleworks, text edit, word) 2.   type out your message 3.   Go to the edit menu 4.   Then choose select all 5.   Go to edit menu 6.   Choose copy 7.   Open your email program 8.   Create a new message 9.   Type in the to: and the subject 10.                Click where the body of the email goes 11.                Go to the edit menu 12.                Choose edit paste 13.                The text will appear 14.                Edit if needed and then send   Sending Text Documents in a universal format that everyone can read Save the file as a Rich Text Format .rtf or Text Format .txt, also very common is the Microsoft Word Format .doc 1.   go to file 2.   choose save as 3.   for save as type choose one of the formats listed above (.rtf, .txt, .doc) 4.   save the fil

Check out ebooks from the San Francisco Library and read them on your Kindle 1.        Visit sfpl.lib.overdrive.com 2.        Search for your book by title, author, or other keyword then click >> -OR- Choose a category on the left 3.        Once you find the book you want, click the book cover 4.        A description and checkout options are displayed (note. Not all books are available for the Kindle) 5.        Click "add to cart" to the right of Kindle Book or other format 6.        "My Cart" will be displayed with all the books you've added to the cart 7.        Click "Proceed to Checkout" 8.        Enter your 14-digit library card and enter your 4-digit pin then click "Sign In" 9.        Click "Confirm Check Out" 10.    Next step is to download the book to your kindle 11.    Click "Get for Kindle" 12.    You will be taken to amazon.com – click "Get Library Book" 13.