| TOPIC |
NOTES |
| Files and Folders |
files
folders.pdf |
| Windows Vista |
A guide to Windows
Vista, selected from “Help and Support” |
| PowerPoint |
A quick
guide for using PowerPoint to create presentations |
| Digital Cameras |
A beginner’s
guide to using digital cameras |
| Picasa and Windows Live Photo Gallery | Instructions and comparisons for using these photo handling and adjusting programs |
| Colours |
An
explanation of RGB colours (TV and computer screens) and CMYK (printer
inks) |
| Making Calendars, Cards, Bookmarks |
Instructions for making calendars, etc |
| Using the program IrfanView |
Instructions for the graphics program InfanView: crop and
adjust pictures, resize pictures; reduce file size when saving..... |
| OCR (Optical Character
Recognition) |
Scan text in documents to Word, using FreeOCR |
| Printers |
Information about printers, and connecting,
setting up and maintaining printers |
| Pictures: Camera, Computer, Printer, Emails |
Saving and printing pictures from your camera;
reducing sizes of picture file; sending pictures by email |
| Laptops |
Information about laptops — keyboard, external
connections, internal components, etc |
| Slideshows |
Use Photo Story 3 to prepare slideshows from
your photos (also see "Picasa and Winows Live Photo Gallery" above) |
| Microsoft Drawing Tools |
The reference Index from the book Learn
Microsoft Draw |
| Backing Up |
Backing up files to a flash drive or external
hard drive |
| Excel and
Mail Merge |
Reference Guide to using Excel for lists, and
Mail Merge (in Word) to print address labels from this (Office 2003 version; version for 2007-10 not available yet) |
| Burn Video DVDs | Save, convert, and burn video DVDs |
| eBooks | Download and read eBooks on your computer |
| FreeView | PowerPoint presentation for selecting, connecting, and using FreeView TV |
| Download Pictures to Your Computer | A variety of methods: Windows (XP/Vista/Win 7), Picasa, Windows Live Photo Gallery |