The Keyboard

10 Free Software titles

AVG Free Anti-Virus for basic online activities, AVG Anti-Virus Free has got you covered.
http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage
Firefox 5.0 Latest version of the Mozilla Browser
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/
Google Chrome 12 Browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier
http://www.google.com/chrome/
OpenOffice.org Office suite with word processor, spread sheet, presentation tool and database manage
http://www.openoffice.org/
Adobe Reader PDF reader
http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/
Cute PDF creator prints any document to PDF
http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp
Windows Live Essentials (XP)
Software bundle from Microsoft containing Mail, Messenger, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, Writer, Toolbar and Family Safety
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-xp
Picasa 3 photo editing tools
http://picasa.google.com/
Lightbox 2.0 photo editing
http://www.sagelighteditor.com/downloadfree2.html
GIMP Photo editing tool – this is not a simple program to use
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Windows Shortcut Keys

The General Shortcuts

• CTRL+C (Copy)
• CTRL+X (Cut)
  
• CTRL+V (Paste)
  
• CTRL+Z (Undo)
  
• Delete (Delete)
  
• Shift+Delete (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
  
• CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
  
• CTRL+Shift while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
  
• F2 key (Rename the selected item)
  
• CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
  
• CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
  
• CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
  
• CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
  
• CTRL+Shift with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
  
• Shift with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
  
• CTRL+A (Select all)
  
• F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
  
• Alt+Enter (View the properties for the selected item)
  
• Alt+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
  
• Alt+Enter (Display the properties of the selected object)
  
• Alt+Spacebar (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
  
• CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
  
• Alt+Tab (Switch between the open items)
  
• Alt+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
  
• F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
  
• F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
  
• Shift+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
  
• Alt+Spacebar (Display the System menu for the active window)
  
• CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
  
• Alt+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
  
• Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
  
• F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
  
• RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
  
• LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
  
• F5 key (Update the active window)
  
• Backspace (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
  
• ESC (Cancel the current task)
  
• Shift when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

• CTRL+Tab (Move forward through the tabs)
  
• CTRL+Shift+Tab (Move backward through the tabs)
  
• Tab (Move forward through the options)
  
• Shift+Tab (Move backward through the options)
  
• Alt+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
  
• Enter (Perform the command for the active option or button)
  
• Spacebar (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
  
• Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
  
• F1 key (Display Help)
  
• F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
  
• Backspace (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts

• Win (Display or hide the Start menu)
  
• Win+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
  
• Win+D (Display the desktop)
  
• Win+M (Minimize all of the windows)
  
• Win+Shift+M (Restore the minimized windows)
  
• Win+E (Open My Computer)
  
• Win+F (Search for a file or a folder)
  
• CTRL+Win+F (Search for computers)
  
• Win+F1 (Display Windows Help)
  
• Win+ L (Lock the keyboard)
  
• Win+R (Open the Run dialog box)
  
• Win+U (Open Utility Manager)

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

• Right Shift for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
  
• Left Alt+left Shift+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
  
• Left Alt+left Shift+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
  
• Shift five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
  
• NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
  
• Win +U (Open Utility Manager)

Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

• END (Display the bottom of the active window)
  
• HOME (Display the top of the active window)
  
• NUM LOCK+* (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
  
• NUM LOCK++ (Display the contents of the selected folder)
  
• NUM LOCK+- (Collapse the selected folder)
  
• LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
  
• RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Internet Explorer Navigation

• CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
  
• CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
  
• CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
  
• CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
  
• CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
  
• CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
  
• CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
  
• CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
  
• CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
  
• CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
  
• CTRL+W (Close the current window)

Skpe

A Beginner's Guide to Skype

Written by Robert W. Wright

Thursday, 15 July 2010 23:15

Today's world is full of communication. We work everyday on our phones, email, texting, and more. But more and more companies are switching to VOIP and Video conferencing solutions. And now today, though Skype, users can call each other for free over the internet with other Skype users and engage in interactive phone calls.  Skype is a VOIP client, which is a Voice over IP, and the technology has finally reached millions of users. Skype right now has over 10,000,000 people online daily talking and communicating. One of the greatest advantages of using Skype is that if you want to call your loved ones or friends off in foreign countries, it's completely free! In this guide, I'm going to go over getting Skype and starting a video call with a friend of mine in Canada. Note: You will need a Microphone and Speakers to use audio calls and a Webcam for Video Calls. Visit http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/ and look around the site. You can find out more information about SkypeIn and SkypeOut, which I will cover later on in the article. Once Skype has Downloaded, open SkypeSetup.exe and start the installation process. It will ask for your primary language, so if you are comfortable having Skype in another language, feel free to set it to do so! Once Skype has installed, it will open a Register for an Account window. You will create your Skype Name which is your username. You can't change this so pick something you will want to keep. Once you are done, Skype will open up the main Window. Inside this window you will see the main window, where you can call the Echo / Sound Test Service and test the audio configuration of your microphone. Double click the Echo / Sound Test Service to start your first call. You will then be able to test your audio sound quality for using Skype! Once you've finished your first call, then you have configured Skype correctly! To do a video call, get another friend on board with Skype, and click the Video Call Button. You then will be able to see and hear each other while calling! (Note: you must have a webcam to use this feature.) Skype will automatically detect any webcam you have installed on your computer. Let your friends know your Skype name and start calling each other for free! Skype has many other great products. Including SkypeOut, which you pay for credits to call landlines and mobile phones for amazingly low rates internationally. I use SkypeOut to call my clients and use my computer to make calls. There is also SkypeIn where you purchase a phone number for your Skype Account for people to call you with so you can keep in touch with everyone! Check out more about Skype at their website: http://skype.com Click the button below to add me on Skype!

Microsoft word tasks

 

Task 1

Gnome away from home

Design a poster advertising 3 garden gnomes who have got lost. A reward of £5.00 for each returned unharmed gnome will be a paid. Their names are Grumpy, Stumpy and Dumpy. Return address is 3 Willows End, Wiltshire, WE4 5TR, Tel: 0123456789.

Include:

• Page border
• Clipart
• Different font styles and sizes
• Paragraphs
• Bullet points
• Word art
• Pictures of gnomes from the internet

Then attach it to an email and send it to yourself

Task 2

ABCs of Me

You have been hired by the Creative Classroom Company to illustrate a poster to help children learn their ABCs. By happy coincidence, you and your first name are the subject of the poster!

1. First, open word and print your name vertically down the left side.
2. Next, choose a word that starts with each letter of your name. The word should describe something about you. Type those words horizontally across the page, using the letters of your name as the first letter of each descriptive word.
3. After you have listed your words, find on the internet an accompanying picture to illustrate each.
4. When you are finished, attach it to an email and send it to yourself.

Task 3

Complain

Write an open letter of complaint to the Bexhill Observer, about the state for the roads, the litter in the parks or a topic of your choice.

Welcome to Learn IT

 

The plan is to use this blog combined with the Facebook page to introduce you to internet and some the fun applications around.

I used Windows Live Writer to create this entry. It is very easy to use and I have connected all my Blogs to it and best of all it’s free.  The word Blog is a blend of the words Web Log and can be about anything you are doing or interested. 

Blogging and blog websites come under the Social Networking genre as they connect people of similar interests.  As with everything else there are loads of blogging networks, some of which are listed below:

www.blogger.com

www.livejournal.com

www.wordpress.com

Happy writing
MsG