Saturday, January 24, 2009

Session 2 of Beginning Beginners Computer Class

Session 2 of the Beginning Beginner's Computer Class will be held Thursday, January 29, from 9:00 to 11:45 AM in the clubhouse.

In this session, we'll do a brief review of what was covered in Session 1 (held one and three weeks ago). Then we'll move on to cover some subjects which will let you actually accomplish something useful. We'll concentrate on creating documents (letters, posters, etc.) with a word processor and handling them efficiently.

Participating in Session 1 is not a requirement for attending Session 2. However, we will not spend much time trying to "catch up" those who weren't at the first session.

Please make sure you have complete access to a word processing program. The most popular is Microsoft Word. If you're not sure you have it readily available, please try it.

If you need the "product key" and can't find it or don't want to use Word in the long term, please see me. I'll loan you a flash drive with OpenOffice.org on it which you can install on your computer at no cost. (These days, Microsoft gives you a 60-day trial use of Word, then you must pay for it or quit using it!)

Although not a requirement, you'll get more out of the class if you bring your computer. Also, please bring a power strip if you can do so conveniently. This will make it possible for more people to share the limited AC outlets.

If you have a memory stick (flash drive, thumb drive, jump drive ---whatever you call it) or CD or DVD on which you have files or want to use for storage, it might be useful to bring that, too.

I'm looking forward to another interesting and beneficial session!

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