Basic tools

In our introductory session, the following things were all mentioned in your "Task 1". Click the links provided here to learn more.

Task 1
The following are things that you should know how to do:

• Create and organise your Favourites (aka Bookmarks)
• Run Windows Explorer (for exploring what's on your PC, not what's on the Internet, for which you need Internet Explorer, or another browser)
• Find images on the Internet, store them on your PC, and then reuse them
• Use the "paste special" function to paste text from the Internet into a text document
• Use "view thumbnails" to see what images you have in a particular folder
• Change the default start page on your browser
• Use your keyboard shortcuts
• Create a Word document using a Word template
  

The following are things that you might want to use:

• Firefox (an alternative to Internet Explorer)
• Podcasting
• A blog
• RSS