Computer Tutorials
GCF LearnFree.org: Free online learning site that provides many tutorials for computers, resume writing, math skills, and much more!
GCF LearnFree offers tutorials in Internet Basics, Email Basics, Internet Safety, Mozilla Firefox, Facebook 101, Word, Excel, PowePoint, Access, Office, OpenOffice.org, Outlook and Publisher.
Mouse Tutorial: New User Tutorial
Typing Tutor: Free touch typing program from sense-lang.org
Typing Tutor: Free typing tutor online with powertyping.com/
Typing Games: Free Typing Games from freetypinggame.net/
Windows Keyboard Explained: Windows Keyboard Explained by Seoconsultants.com
Free Word Processing and more:
Access free word processing at your library or download OpenOffice.org for your home computer. OpenOffice.org is a free source for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It operates much like Microsoft Office and files are compatible with other Office programs. Many businesses are switching to OpenOffice.org, particularly those who do business globally.
Recommended Library Resources:
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Computer Comfort (DVD). This DVD covers computer basics and demonstrates basic Windows computer operations, the solitaire game, and provides an introduction to web surfing. |
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Easy Email a Step-by-step Guide for the Computer Shy (DVD). This video on DVD gently explains and demonstrates how to set up and use a web-based email account. Yahoo Mail is used for the visual demonstrations but the email basics covered in this instructional DVD apply to other popular email providers as well (i.e. Hotmail, Gmail, & AOL). |
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Teach Yourself Visually Office 2003 Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something -- and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle scores of Microsoft Office 2003 tasks. |
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Teach Yourself Visually Office 2007 Covers the new interface of Microsoft Office 2007. Ideal for users migrating from older versions of Office. |
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Word 2003 for Dummies This easy-to-follow guide is the bestselling book on Word for beginners. |
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Teach Yourself Visually Word 2007 Covers the new features of Word 2007. Ideal for users migrating from older versions of Word and who want to get up to speed on the changes in the application. |