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Back to RedDog's Great big pile of weird and wacky things on the internet!
A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email
I believe strongly in the value of electronic mail in both
corporate and personal domains. Email is cheaper and faster
than a letter, less intrusive than a phone call, less hassle
than a FAX. Using email, differences in location and time zone
are less of an obstacle to communication. There is also evidence
that email leads to a more egalitarian information structure.
AppleCare Tech Info Library -Internet Common File Formats
This article lists common Internet file formats. It includes
the file suffix(es), a description of the file type, and information
on how to manipulate the file.
Basic Computer Concepts
This document includes a brief overview of basic computing concepts.
It is the first in a series of three self-instruction Internet
tutorials produced by the Bedford Public Library.
Beginners' Central, a Users Guide to the Internet
This site is dedicated to helping people learn to
use that information in a coherent manner. Beginners'
Central is based on a chapter by chapter structure, you
may skip to any chapter you're interested in, or if you
wish, you can start at the beginning and
work your way forward.
CNET Download.com for the PC - Reviews
Downloading is easy to understand.
There are some variations to the process--depending on the
type of computer you use, which operating system it runs,
and what software you use to access the World Wide Web--but
overall, it's pretty straightforward stuff. In fact, it's
just a five-step process:
Computer Basics IBM-PC
8 Things You Should Know Before You Get Started
1. Your inexperience with a PC is not an indication of your intelligence.
2. You don't have to know a lot about a PC to use one.
3. There are no keys you can press that will destroy the machine or your files.
4. The mouse is tough: you don't need to treat it as if it were fragile.
5. It helps to know how to type, but it's not necessary.
6. Know how to take care of your PC and diskettes, and do it.
7. Learn in your spare time, not just before a deadline.
8. Master the basics before trying the fancy stuff
Computer Basics Topics
If you're already using a computer, you can use these
tutorials to fill in the gaps in your knowledge. If
you've spent years throwing around terms like memory,
bits and bytes without ever quite knowing what you're
talking about, these are the tutorials for you!!!
Computer Basics: Using Your PC
Synopsis Computer Basics:
Using Your PC introduces general
computer use and terminology. It describes the
basic hardware components of a PC and introduces
basic skills for using software programs in a
windows environment.
Audience:
This course is for anyone who wants an
introduction to computer use and terms.
Time:
4 hours
Computer Lessons for Kids and Small Adults
These lessons are an on-going project, I will add to them as time
permits. Be sure to visit my site at www.kidsandcomputers.com.
Please feel free to mail me suggestions and comments! If you would
like to print them out for someone, you have my permission, I am
glad you find them useful! But a little e-mail of encouragement
wouldn't hurt :-).
Computers and Programming Links
Computers Index: Live Audio and Video, Computer games, Chat,
Ecards, .Wav sound files, .Mid sound files, Computer Graphics
and Animations, webmasters resources, about computers for
beginners, freeware and shareware software downloads and
programming languages.
Computers Made Easy
Cyberspace: Enter Here
The Web is a vast universe of information and communication.
Here's how to explore.
by Michael Goodwin
Computing for Beginners (7261 Level 1)
Aims of the Programme: To give total novices an insight into
the world of Information Technology, Windows and the major
Computer Applications.
Location: Winwick Road Campus
Duration of the Programme: 17 weeks
Free Computer Advice and Tutorials
The day has ended and you are leaving work: is it OK to
leave your computer on for the night?
You're at home, ready for bed: do you turn off your PC?
Help2Go tackles one of the most controversial questions ever! Want to learn how to become a programmer? It's a hot career with lots of job openings. This article explains the basics of programming and the different programming languages. Have some old family photographs that you'd like to scan in? Make them look like they were taken just yesterday! This Photoshop tutorial will show you how in just FIVE minutes
How to Bookmark a Web Page
Have you ever gone to a site and liked it so much you wanted to
keep going back? You can bookmark it, which means that you save
it, so next time all you have to do is choose it from a menu.
How Computer Viruses Work
Computer Viruses are mysterious and they also get
your attention. Every time a new virus hits, it
makes the news if it spreads quickly. On the one
hand viruses show us how unknowingly vulnerable
we are, but on the other hand they show how
sophisticated and interconnected human beings
have become. For example, the "Melissa" virus -
which became a worldwide phenomenon in March of
1999 - was so powerful that it forced Microsoft
and a number of other very large companies to
completely turn off their email systems until
the virus could be contained. The "ILOVEYOU" virus
in 2000 had a similarly devastating effect. That's
pretty impressive when you consider how simple the Melissa
and ILOVEYOU viruses are!
Advanced Web Searching Techniques
By understanding how to perform sophisticated
searches of online information, your chances of
finding what you want will be greatly increased.
Most search engines allow you to define your
search criteria in very specific ways, but not
all function the same way.
LEARN THE NET Anatomy of a Web Page
A web page is an electronic document written in a
computer language called HTML, short for Hypertext
Markup Language. Each web page has a unique address,
called a URL, short for Uniform Resource Locator, which
identifies its location on the network.
LEARN THE NET Anatomy of an E-mail Message
E-mail messages are similar to letters, with two main parts.
The header contains the name and address of the recipient,
the name and address of anyone who is being copied, and the
subject of the message. Some e-mail programs also display
your name and address and the date of the message.
LEARN THE NET Attaching Files to E-mail Messages
With the advent of an Internet protocol called MIME,
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension, and other types
of encoding schemes, such as UUencode, you can send
formatted documents, photos, sound and video files as
attachments to your e-mail messages.
LEARN THE NET File Compression
While surfing the Internet, you will undoubtedly
find text, graphics, audio and video files that
you can download. Multimedia files in particular,
can be very large, which means they can move very
slowly across the network. Downloading these files
can sometimes take hours.
Life on the Internet Exploring the Internet
The list below is an index to various sections
we've prepared. Inside each section, you'll find
links to the latest version of Internet software,
guides for additional background, resource lists,
and search tools - thousands and thousands of
destinations. (You may first want to review our
page of QuickTips.) Bon voyage!
Virtual Internet Guide
An Excellent introduction to the
Web, Chat Rooms and Windows95 offering and guides to acquaint
surfers
Yahoo! Computers, Internet Information, and
Documentation for Beginners
Lots of Yahoo links here;-Þ
Zen and the Art of the Internet
A Beginner's Guide to the Internet, First Edition, January 1992
by Brendan P. Kehoe
Download and install the latest ICQ messaging system
Step 1: Download and Save the Installation File
Please read the entire paragraph before you click the Download button.
Click on the Download link below.
The File Download window appears.
Select the Save this program to disk and click OK.
The Save As window appears. Select where you would like
to save the file on your computer and remember this location.
Click Save to start downloading the ICQ program.
Beyond Words - Internet Tips & Tricks
12 Quick Tips
Internet Explorer's Cache, Power Toys, History Tool in IE5,
Using Microsoft Exchange for Email, Opening a New Browser Window,
Finally - ASDL, Replacing Details in a Form Field, Making Links Change Colors,
Speed Up Browsing, Share a Web Page with a Friend, FTP Utility
D.I.G. Internet Tips
At Dwarfnet Internet Guide, we have put together a vast array
of information. From Internet Tips and Tricks, A Free Item
Search Engine, Chat Lingo and Internet Terms explained, to '
This Day in History', and Weather Information for the U.S.,
Canada and the World, as well as fun with our Scavenger Hunt
(where you can win prizes), Words of Wisdom, Fortune Cookie and
Humour Sections, we have provided an easy to navigate site to
get you what you want, quickly and easily.
Grand Haven Live - Internet Tips and Tricks
Welcome to the Internet. For those of you who are
relativly new to the Electronic Information Age,
this guide is for you. It contains tips to using
your browser, tricks to enance your navigation,
and vocabulary terms.
WebNovice-Internet tips and tricks
The editors at WebNovice have gathered together a
number of tips, tricks, and techniques from around
the Web and compiled them into the following catogories.
Please click on the appropriate catagory below to view
MarmTek Computer/Internet Tips
Here are tips about Windows 95/98 and the Internet
In Plain English.[Much of this page does not work yet.
Please be patient. I'm working on it!] Techniques,
resources and programs that everyone really SHOULD try.
Bob's Computer Update and Tip Page
This page is a log of my updating activities,
plus some tips about things I've found useful.
The flow is chronological, from top to bottom in
each category except "Latest Updates" where the
newest additions are at the top
Microsoft Product Support Services
Online Self-Help
Microsoft's Personal Online Support is designed
specifically for Home Users! Here you will find many
no-charge self-help resources to help you get the most
up-to-date answers swiftly & easily 24 hours a day, 7
days a week including holidays.
FINDING
NEWS GROUPS
There are over 18,000 news groups and the number rises
daily! To find news groups, you can:
use news group search tools.
browse hierarchical or flat or other news group lists.
read and participate in news groups about news groups.
browse lists of new news groups.
browse lists of news groups about news of the world.
visit other pages that have news group info.