The main task of a computer is to provide the user with the most efficient performance of assigned tasks. Nowadays, many jobs require the ability to use hardware, but not everyone can handle it. This article will provide brief instructions on how to learn how to use a computer for free.

You will need

• computer;
• teaching aids;
• computer courses.

Instructions

• Learn to touch type ( ten-finger method touch typing). In many cases, working at a computer involves typing, which is why it is important to type quickly without looking at the keyboard. People who master this method can type more than 300 characters per minute.
• Try to avoid the “poke method”, this path is very tortuous: many programs cannot be understood on an intuitive level.
• Make it a rule to read the built-in documentation for all distributions new to you. This way you can reduce the time spent studying programs and be able to work more productively.
• Remember the hotkey combinations and then use them in your work. They exist in almost all software.
• It's worth optimizing your virtual workspace. You can place shortcuts to the programs and folders that you use daily on your desktop.
• Structure the data stored on your hard drive. Place text documents in some folders, photos in others, videos in a third. Make sure that finding the necessary information takes minimal time.
• If you realize that you are not very good at using a computer, you should hire a tutor or enroll in computer courses. computer literacy. This way you can get rid of the need to study from books and get the same amount of knowledge faster.

note

If you have managed to master a computer to the level of an ordinary user and want to study further, then you can study from books, you just need to avoid materials for beginners, since then you will have to filter more unnecessary information. Give preference to books for advanced users or professionals.

Don’t be afraid to introduce a virus into your computer or break it, constantly study the unknown computer functions. Confidence is only half the battle.

If you decide to find a tutor or enroll in computer literacy courses, you don’t need to rely on them for everything: you should always take the initiative. Otherwise, you will automatically always wait for advice, and necessary information will be more difficult to remember.

Video lessons

The computer course training program for beginners is designed for users who have never worked with a computer before and want to take computer courses from scratch. The course program is practical and is designed to teach a person of any age - from a schoolchild to a pensioner - to work on a PC in an amount sufficient to comfortable work in the Internet. You will get acquainted with the operating room Windows system(XP/Vista/10), Word programs and Excel, in which you will learn to create text documents, letters, tables, and also study in detail Internet browsers and working with e-mail. Professional teachers pay attention to each student, regardless of their level of training. Well-equipped computer classes with high-performance computers and LCD displays will help students quickly and easily learn to work on personal computer. We will teach you how to be comfortable with a computer!

Cost of computer courses for pensioners:

Start dates

PC course program for beginners

1 lesson. operating room Microsoft system Windows.
1.1.Basic concepts (file, folder, desktop, taskbar, shortcut, window).
1.2.Desktop.
1.3.Structure of a Windows window.
1.4. Units of information
1.5.Use help system.

Lesson 2. Program "Explorer", "This Computer".
2.1.Creating folders; movement.
2.2.Deleting and copying a file and group of files
2.3. Working with USB flash drives.
2.4.Creating a shortcut on the desktop.
2.5.Setting up the mouse, keyboard, date and time, monitor.
2.6.Installation and removal of programs.

Lesson 3. Microsoft program Office Word.
3.1.Structure of the Word program window.
3.2.Text input.
3.3.Selecting text
3.4.Editing text
3.5.Working with fonts.

Lesson 4. Microsoft Office Word program. (Continuation)
4.1.Saving, opening, creating a new document
4.2.Paragraph formatting
4.3.Text alignment.
4.4.Setting page parameters.
4.5.Preview of the document.
4.6.Print a document.

Lesson 5. Microsoft Office Word program. (Continuation)
5.1.Creating a frame and background.
5.2.Inserting pictures
5.3.Inserting shapes
5.4. Spell check.
5.5.Auto-change.
5.6.Upper and lower indices.
5.7.Page numbering.
5.8.Creating headers and footers.
5.9.Inserting symbols.
5.10.Changing the case of text.

Lesson 6. Microsoft Office Excel program.
6.1.Program interface
6.2.Entering data and editing cell contents.
6.3.Formatting cells (borders, fill, data format).
6.4.Setting page parameters.
6.5.Preview.
6.6.Print a document.
6.7.Creating number sequences.
6.8.Creating formulas.
6.9.Copying formulas. 6.10.Using autosum.
6.11.Creating formulas using the Function Wizard.
6.12.Working with sheets (inserting, renaming, deleting, moving, copying).

Lesson 7. Internet and email.
7.1.Basic terminology of the Internet.
7.2.Connecting to the Internet.
7.3. Browser programs Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome.
7.4.Methods of viewing and searching information
7.5.Saving information on your computer.
7.6.Saving photos, music, videos on your computer.

Lesson 8. Working with email.
8.1. Create your own mailbox.
8.2. Receiving and sending letters using the mailbox.
8.3. Processing letters (changing encoding, sorting, deleting, saving attachments).
8.4.Using and filling out the address book.
8.5.Adding attachments to letters as a file.
8.6.Indicating the importance of the message.
8.7. Purpose of the magazine and favorites folder.
8.8.Introduction to email clients.

Pass. Interview.

Ak.ch.	Base price	Discount	Final cost	Pay
38 academic hours 32 ac. hour.- Auditory lessons 6 ac. hour.- independent studies	7550 rub.		5300 rub.

Jan 19

How to master a computer quickly and easily?! It's actually quite simple!

Greetings, dear blog visitors. Dmitry Smirnov is in touch with you as always, and in this article I would like to address our dear old people, grandparents, parents who cannot understand how to master a computer on their own! Ugh, how much extra literature our bookstores can provide you with, but all of this is not necessary, you just have to follow some tips that will help you master the computer for free!

In the last article I wrote about how maybe this information will also be extremely useful to you! In fact, information on the topic “learning a computer for free” is very popular, and now I will tell you about the main failures of those who are trying to master a computer!

1. Afraid of breaking something!
2. Reluctance, because these are like toys!
3. There is no point in mastering a computer, because why do you need it?!

These are the three most terrible misconceptions of everyone, especially older people, but the answers to these questions can be found in the following lines, namely:

1. No need to be afraid of breaking anything! Computers have long become high-quality and powerful enough, whether desktop PCs, laptops or tablets! This used to be in the 2000s, back in our days of the groups Ruki Vvverh, Akula, Sveta, Kraski and all the rest, when computers were really like machines, they constantly broke down, and repairs were very, very expensive! Everyone discouraged children from buying a computer with phrases, namely: “Why do you need it, you’ll break something and that’s it!” Nowadays computers are of very high quality, and the most you can break is deleting some shortcut or program; you simply won’t be able to do anything serious!
2. If you have no desire to learn a computer, then no one can force you to learn a computer! Remember, the computer is no longer a toy, but since 2010 it has become a real source of income! There are many ways, even for schoolchildren, to earn hundreds of thousands of rubles and millions on a computer without leaving home! I have examples where children at the age of 13 already earn 300,000 rubles a month! Even a pensioner can master a computer and benefit from it!
3. There is no need to be mistaken and think that you will not need a computer! Tell me, how many times have you wanted to communicate with a close relative? How many times do you want to go to the post office or spend money on calling relatives? Having a computer and even simple access to the network for 200 rubles, you get unlimited communication, and you can even see live through a web camera your relative who lives 10,000 kilometers from you and all this is completely free!

1. Just sit down and break! You need to learn from mistakes! Everyone makes mistakes, even advanced programmers! Just learn to work with a mouse, understand what the keyboard is for, where any buttons are located!
2. Learn to type with a keyboard simulator! You don't need to buy anything, it's just a program that will teach you how to type quickly and easily! You can easily and easily start typing using just the keyboard!
3. Do you like to read? Then the book “Computer for Dummies” is for you, or start taking courses using the same Youtube

This the only ways to learn how to use a computer! There are no special courses or anything else! Of course, the most the best option will be exactly for you paid courses, and live! It is in such courses that you will be taught how to work on a computer, but even if you do not want to pay money to charlotans, you can buy a book on learning a computer, or just go to YouTube, where you can find many detailed videos!

HOW TO LEARN TO WORK ON A COMPUTER IN TWO HOURS

Can a common person master a computer in two hours? Surely the majority will answer this question in the negative. I have a different opinion. If children begin to play with a computer as soon as they can walk, then why do many middle-aged and older people have difficulty mastering this complex household tool? I believe that the reason for this is the lack of a professional approach to the computer training system.

Ordinary people from post-Soviet countries, whose knowledge was laid back in Soviet times, are simply accustomed to thinking in other categories. Their consciousness has a different terminology, they are used to thinking by other criteria (more precisely, by other templates). What happens when they pick up any book on computers? The first thing they encounter is obscure terms that mean even less clear categories. Interface, modem, processor, controller, etc. - all this scares away and discourages anyone from taking up computer skills. And sometimes these terms even have multiple meanings (for example, the word “processor” as such, and the same word in the phrase “ word processor"already have different meanings). Are children really learning computers with the help of these tedious technical books and memorizing these incomprehensible terms? Yes, of course not. For them, a computer is a toy that needs to be played with according to certain rules (the word algorithm is still unclear to many of them).

Let me start with the fact that I needed to teach my father, who is 87 years old, to play chess on his own with a computer. To do this, I wrote instructions that formed the basis of this article. In addition, I have a friend who is afraid of the computer like fire, and any suggestion to use the computer triggers a defensive reaction in him, and he immediately declares, “I don’t need that.” Therefore, I decided to post on the website the instructions that I wrote for my 87-year-old father, and with which he could easily use my computer.

The purpose of this article is to help middle-aged and older people, and possibly children, master this incomprehensible thing - a computer in a few hours. I say again, if you have reached my site, then you do not need this article. But on the other hand, your younger brother, father or friend, for whom you naturally do not have time, may need it.

To learn how to use a computer (as they say now, to master a computer at the level of a novice user), you need to learn to do four things:

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Launch the program you need (it’s best to start with a simple game). In most cases, application programs installed on your computer are indicated by a small image (pictogram or icon) that is reflected (highlighted, you can call it whatever you want) on the computer desktop (you will find the concept of this term below, but don’t get too hung up on it for now) .

3. Turn off the program you are running. This operation is called “close the program”.

4. Turn off the computer.

First, let's look at a few concepts. Apparently, I also cannot do without theory; this is probably how we, people of the older generation, are structured. But I assure you, the theory will not take more than five minutes and, perhaps, will help some people master the computer faster. What is a computer? This is a thing that usually consists of a small box (it's called a system unit) and a screen (it's called a monitor). It happens that both the system unit and the monitor are combined with each other. Then such a computer, depending on its size, can be called a laptop, netbook, tablet, smartphone, communicator, or something else. The image that appears on the monitor screen after turning on the computer and after all transient processes have completed is called the desktop (see Fig. 1). everything that is shown in Fig. 1 is the desktop. Of course, the desktop images may differ for each computer.

Elements of Fig. 1 that are necessary for the first lesson: 1 - pictograms (icons) of programs; 2 - Solitaire game icon; 3 - Start button.

Any computer can only work with programs. Roughly speaking, programs are the rules by which a computer operates. If there are no rules, the computer will not work. Programs, in general, can be divided into two types. The first type is the operating system - this is main program, which is “put into” the computer so that it can work. The task operating system there is control of all other programs. The second type is application programs (roughly they can be called auxiliary programs), with the help of these programs specific tasks are performed on the computer (watching movies, photos, listening to music, playing various games, etc.). Well, that’s probably all, the theory is over for today. Let's move on to practice.

In order to use the computer, you first need to turn it on. To do this on any computer, as well as on any household appliance or in any electronic toy, there is special button turning on the power supply. Typically this button is located on system unit. For your specific computer, you will find the location of this button in its operating instructions (description), or ask a more experienced friend, but be sure to remember where it is located, otherwise you will not be able to turn on your computer again.

After you turn on your computer, a cursor will appear on its screen (usually a small inclined arrow, but it can also be something else - a cross or a vertical line). Owners of tablets or smartphones do not have a cursor; its task is performed by your finger or a stylus (a special plastic stick). The cursor is controlled using the so-called mouse, moving which along a flat surface leads to the movement of the cursor on the desktop. The program you need is launched by hovering the cursor over the icon of this program and double click(by clicking or clicking) the left mouse button (LMB) while holding the cursor on the icon of the program you have selected. The image that appears on the monitor after the completion of transient processes when starting the program is called the program window. In our case, I launched the Solitaire game, using the corresponding icon (see 2 Fig. 1), selecting it from many other icons (see 1 Fig. 1) and received the Solitaire program window Fig. 2. How to work with a specific program is another question, and perhaps in my other lessons for beginners, I will try to describe this process for the most popular programs. In order to launch a program, owners of tablets (smartphones, etc.) need to touch the icon of the required program with a stylus (or finger).

So, in the screenshot of Fig. 2 (by the way, the screenshot is taken using special program, designed specifically for this purpose) presents the popular game “solitaire”, which you can learn to play by consulting with a computer user of any level, even with a neighbor boy. Why do I recommend starting to learn a computer with a game? Yes, because it will not be so tedious, you will quickly learn how to operate the mouse and will be able to master the first basics of the process of communicating with a computer.

To turn off your computer, just hover over the Start button on your desktop and click once left button mouse while holding the cursor on this button. The “Start” button is a small picture in the lower left corner (see 3 Fig. 1), it can have the shape of a circle, like mine, or a rectangle. It depends on the operating system that is on your computer. After you click the start button (left-click with the cursor hovering over the “Start” button), depending on your computer, you will see a small window (Fig. 3), in which you must select “Shut down” (or “Turn off the computer”) (see 1 Fig. 3). If you move the cursor over it (on this inscription) and press the left mouse button, the computer will turn off after a while. Please note that on your computer the image in Fig. 3 may differ from mine, but you still need to look for the words “Shut down” or “Turn off the computer”. I also want to draw your attention to the fact that the “Start” button is not the button with which you turned on the computer, that button is real and is called the power button, and this drawn one is called the “Start” button. It would probably be more correct to call this button the Power Off button (although it has other purposes).

If you did all this on your own, congratulations, you can already be classified as a novice user.

I intentionally missed one point in these instructions. This is shutting down the program you are running. For most programs this is not necessary, but there are programs in which it is necessary to save the current settings so as not to start the work (game) all over again. But the order in which parameters are saved is individual for each program, and the order in which this operation is performed must be considered when studying specific program. And to turn off (end) a program, it is usually enough (this applies to most, but still not all programs) to point at the white cross in the red rectangle, which is located in the right top corner program window (see 1 Fig. 2) and press the left mouse button. And it would be nice if the user made it a habit to close all programs he was running, although, I repeat, this is not necessary.

Itsenko Alexander Ivanovich

This article belongs to the series of articles “ Computer training " or " Master a computer in two hours " Other articles from this series:

Everyone who began to learn a new business or skill was faced with the fact that they had no idea in which direction to develop, where to move next and what the baggage of acquired skills should be. Learning a computer and working on it is also no exception for a beginner. Therefore, in this article, site experts will give advice to help you master computer work more easily and even from scratch.

Computers are now used everywhere, so the most important decisions are made on them. different tasks, ranging from accounting and design, to the management of such important facilities as, for example, nuclear power plants, automotive production and energy.

By including a computer in the medical tomograph and installing the appropriate diagnostic program on the computer, it will be possible to examine the body. Install an accounting program on the same computer, and it will keep track of finances. Therefore, we can conclude: depending on what programs you install on your computer, you will be able to solve such problems on it.

Where to start to master a computer?

- This universal machine, on which anyone can solve their problems. Therefore, there are basic computer skills that every user should have. Each computer program, despite all their current abundance and specialization, also has a standard appearance or interface. All this helps the user quickly master working on the computer.

One more conclusion can be drawn: basic skills in working with universal programs are also used in specialized programs. This makes it easier to work with a computer, and, if necessary, to learn new programs.

This means that the easiest way to master working on a computer is to learn basic skills and knowledge. Below is a list of basic skills:

• the ability to create, open, copy, edit, move, delete - a folder, document or file. A novice user should know the difference between a folder and a file or document, how files are stored and how to properly store them on a hard drive.


• use, since now almost every computer is connected to the Internet. Therefore, the security of your computer and the data stored in it must be at a high level.


• use the Internet, in other words - find necessary information, use e-mail, programs designed to communicate with other people.


• use various multimedia programs designed for viewing and listening to multimedia files. Multimedia files there are the most various formats, so sometimes they need to be converted from one format to another. This is called conversion, and for this there are various programs– converters.

As a rule, working on a computer requires the simultaneous use of all these skills. For example, you need to find required document on the Internet, save it on your computer and send it via e-mail to a friend.

Since working on a computer is individual, each user decides for himself what programs should be on the computer. This means that it is advisable to be able to install them or install them, in another way, independently. Accordingly, delete it if necessary.

What else do you need to know about a computer to master it?

User programs or application programs themselves cannot be installed or used without an operating system. This is the main and control program, which allows the user to customize the computer according to his taste and preferences.

The operating system is also the link between user programs and computer hardware. The operating system, controlling the computer, allocates the necessary resources for application programs: processor time and RAM.

Thus, the user must not only be able to use application programs, but it is also desirable to be able to configure the computer using the operating system. For example, resolution and bit depth color palette screen. Or work with hard drives: Disk defragmentation for more fast work, checking disks and correcting errors, cleaning disks from unnecessary files for increase free space and speed.

In the future, after gaining sufficient experience, you can learn on your own