Computer Help for Seniors

Create your own personalized online collection of news articles 1. visit news.google.com 2. login on the top right with your google account 3. click on the grey gear/sprocket in the middle of the screen 4. move the slider to determine what you want to read more or less about 5. choose from who you want the news from 6. you may also manually add sources and types of news you want 7. click save when you return your news.google.com page will show you only the news you are interested in reading other news aggregators news.bing.com news.yahoo.com also available on tablets and smartphones pulse news republic feedly news360 view news videos http://news.yahoo.com/video/us/ Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Jason Dare" < sftowershelp@yahoo.com > Date: May 14, 2013 10:33 AM Subject: 5.14.13 iPad Class To: " sftowershelp@gmail.com " < sftowershelp@gmail.com > Cc: 5.14.13 iPad Class Double tap to return zoom to normal size Keep/use a suggested word, press space Keyboard keys Arrow up = uppercase and alternate characters .?123 = shows numbers #+= = shows additional characters Move blinking cursor Hold finger on the screen till magnifier appears, move the cursor to the needed position. Correct underlined misspelled word Tap on the underlined word -> choose the correct suggestion 3 essential email icons to know Starting from right to left on top right Compose new email, reply/forward/print, delete/store Tip: Press return on the keyboard to jump from to -> subject -> email body Sent from my iPad

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My computer is running slow, what can I do?   1.       Run Spyware/malware detector 2.       Download the software from www.Malwarebytes.org 3.       Install the downloaded software 4.       (be sure not to sign up for any trials or additional software) 5.       Run the Scan 6.       View Results and Clean/Delete **If the computer is running slow, uninstall Malwarebytes and repeat the same steps next time you need to clean your computer   Choose which applications startup and run when you turn on the computer "msconfig" – BE CAREFUL, RECORD THE APPLICATIONS YOU'VE DISABLED 1.       Go to the start menu 2.       Choose "run" 3.       Type in "msconfig" 4.       Click OK 5.       Remove the checkmark besides those applications you KNOW you don't need running (note, removing the check mark will not remove the program from your computer, it will only disable the application from automatically starting when your compute

Display more information about a photo or file. (Kind of File, Date Taken/Saved, Open with) 1) Click on the photo/file 2) Hold the Apple Key + Tap "i" 3) Information about the photo/file will appear Catfish - documentary about false profiles on the web, social media San Francisco Twitter/SMS Alerts - https://twitter.com/alertsf or www.alertsf.org SF Police Department Emergency Dispatch - 415-553-8090 (911 on a cell phone is routed to California Highway Patrol) The power of social media, the internet and blogging 12 yr old Pakistani girl becomes a voice for her generation and education via a BBC blog and as a result becomes a threat/target by the Taliban http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7834402.stm Looking for popular websites go to google and type "trending" youtube videos news cat videos blogs etc. Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

Google Documents – Online (LIVE) collaboration and sharing of word processing documents and spreadsheets Works on PC and Mac – Android and iPad Apps available Requirements: Google/Gmail account Creating a document/spreadsheet 1.    Go to drive.google.com 2.    Login with your gmail account and password 3.    Click Create -> Choose Document or Spreadsheet 4.    Click on the top left and rename the file -> click OK 5.    Add text/information to your document/spreadsheet (Google will automatically save the document) 6.    Done Sharing the Document 1.    Open the document/spreadsheet to share 2.    Click "share" on the top right 3.    Type in the email address of the person you wish to share the document with, below 4.    Choose if you want the person to be able to "edit", "comment" or just "view" the document 5.    Click "Share" 6.    Click   "Done" Uploading a preexisting word processin

Use the internet as your reference library! www.google.com - Type in your questions www.wikipedia.com - lookup a overly detailed explanation www.bbc.co.uk/webwise - (on the right) simplified vocabulary list www.youtube.com - visual explanation _________ Drive.google.com - collaborate with someone else on a live drive Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net