Computers of
South Dublin

Wellington Lane
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

phone: 087 917 1580
email:

Basic computer lessons: orientation and task-specific training

Training with Computers of South Dublin will generally be conducted on your home or office computer. Whenever possible, you will be at the computer — your instructor is there to demonstrate each technique for your repetition and to answer questions. Introductory sessions are generally two hours in length, spaced at intervals long enough to allow you to practice on your own and to raise questions and problems between each session.

Clients presented with their first computer tend to benefit most from one or more of our computer foundations training sessions. All others might keep an ongoing inventory of any desired or required skills such as those in the intermediate or application sections, to serve as a dynamic course outline of all training sessions until the goal of self-sufficiency is reached.

Computer foundations

hardware basics — power on/off — for laptops: opening and closing, batteries, power, standby, hibernation, and transport
ergonomics — proper posture and screen positioning, holding the mouse or using the touchpad
the Windows desktop — icons, windows, the Start menu and taskbar, folders and files, running programs, opening files
Internet browsing — Google search, finding web addresses, adding favorites, reference web sites (weather, dictionary, encyclopaedia)
email — creating new address (if necessary), reading and sending mail, attachments
printing and scanning

Intermediate topics

Internet commerce — making online purchases and travel reservations
transferring photographs from a digital camera
synchronising your mobile phone with computer — backing up your phone contents, including contacts and diary
free Internet calling with Skype — using a webcam for video calling
reading and creating data CDs and DVDs — memory sticks — making backups
playing CDs and Internet audio, online radio stations and media players, downloading and organising music collections

Application introductions

word processing (MS Word) — making a list, writing a letter, creating a letterhead template
spreadsheets (MS Excel) — accumulating sums, creating formatted tables
presentations (MS PowerPoint) — choosing layouts, editing content, inserting images
photo editing (MS Photo Editor) — cropping, adjusting, and printing digital photographs

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Wellington Lane
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
IRELAND

phone: 087 917 1580
office: 01 669 7023
email: