Technology for Seniors

• Introduce the shortcuts• Vocabulary and where use• Exploring browser - news, email use, chat, and other

internet browsers• Creating email account• Creating youtube account• Creating google doc account• Basic Microsoft Office Suites

Useful Shortcuts

• Ctrl and X – Cuts the selected text or object• Ctrl and C – Copies the selected text or object• Ctrl and V – Pastes copied or cut text or object• Ctrl and Z – Undoes the previous action• F1 - to display help• Alt and Tab – Displays a list of currently open

applications• Prt Scr – Print the screen to the Windows Clipboard

What is the Internet?

• It is a large network• WWW – World Wide Web or just web• Website – collection of webpage• Browser – get around online (IE – Internet

Explore, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari for Mac)• Hyperlinks - the text or graphic has link

Creating Email account

• Go to any of these links:• http://www.google.com• http://www.yahoo.com• http://www.earthlink.net• http://www.hotmail.com• http://www.hanmail.net• Or Microsoft outlook

Creating Email account

Creating Email account

Creating Email account

Getting into the Email

Signing Email

Or Google Email

Google email account

Sign in Google Email

Google Email verification

Email Netiquette

• Keep message short and to the point• Grammar and spelling• Careful with humor and jokes• Use less uppercase (yell)• Don’t leave blank on subject box• Include your email

Email Features

• Compose or write• Read message• Reply (single or all)• Send• Forward• Save and delete

Email Documents• Select the message from inbox• Open to view message body• Page forward/backward long message• Attach files• Exit and return to the inbox

– Set up an alias or nickname for someone– Start up a new message you want to send– Enter a message headers and body– Change the message headers and body – Cancel, spelling checker, insert text, and etc.– Send a message after completed

Format Email Message

• Font drop-down list• Font size drop-down list• Paragraph style button• Bold, Italic, or Underline button• Font Color button• Increase indentation or Formatting bullets button• Align left, center, right or justify buttons• Insert Horizontal line button

Add Contacts to the Address Book

• Name and e-mail tab• Home tab• Work, family, notes, IDs tabs

Other Functions

• Organize folders• Delete and clean up spam mail

Instant Messenger

• AIM, Google, or Yahoo• Add buddy• Delete buddy• Organize• Set up reference• Webcam• Voice• blogs

Reference

• Lehnert, Wendy G. (1999), Light on the Internet: Essentials of the internet and the world wide web., Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-wesley

• Muir, Nancy & Moss, Stirling Sir.(2008), Computers for Seniors for Dummies, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley Publishing Inc.