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Greetings, dear blog visitors. In touch with you, as always, Dmitry Smirnov, the author of this blog. In this article I want to tell you about how to learn a computer, actually how to learn how to work on a computer and what you need for this!

Since the beginning of the 21st century, people have become much more active in using various kinds of technology. Most devices are extremely easy for a person to master, but as for computers, this is another more difficult issue. Children are the fastest to master new computers and gadgets, and this happens because they do not fool themselves for a long time by reading various literature. Toddlers want to practically touch and press everything, and in the course of such studies they learn what and how to do. Adults take this issue more seriously, they are afraid to experiment in order to avoid equipment breakdowns and other unpleasant moments. Every adult, and especially an elderly person, wants to know how to learn how to work on a computer quickly and, most importantly, without financial investments. By the way, in my last article I wrote about

The process of learning computer literacy at first glance seems very difficult, older people consider this an unattainable goal for themselves. Opening the manual for this technical device, everyone immediately begins to be afraid of complex and incomprehensible terminology, but it turns out that it is not so scary.

If we consider in detail the supporting literature in the form of an application guide, we can realize that names and terms that are incomprehensible to a person denote a part of a computer or software. If a term is not clear in the instructions, you can always find a step-by-step guide with detailed explanations in the form of pictures.

When a person has figured out the instructions, turned on the computer, he needs to learn how to work on it - print texts, run various programs, work on the Internet and deal with both creating and storing multimedia files.

The beginner will be able to see the first hints directly on the monitor. Many icons and pictograms, due to their appearance, give a person a specific hint, an exact indication of what is hidden behind them. For example, if an image of a note is viewed in a small picture, a person will guess that he is dealing with a music player, and not with the settings menu. The same settings can be displayed on a wrench icon. This story is repeated with almost all programs on the desktop.

When a person starting to work with a computer figured out intuitively what image hides behind it, it's time to check it in practice. Here the question arises of how to do this, because with so many buttons it is not always clear which one to press.

The keyboard is a good thing, but in this case it is necessary to do without its participation. For this there is PC mouse. To direct the cursor - an arrow to the desired object, you need to scroll the small wheel located on the mouse between the two buttons. Bringing the cursor to the object that you want to open immediately on the monitor, you can see the name of the object or text indicating its purpose.

In order to open the desired object, you must double-click on the mouse button located on the right side. After opening the program, many stop there, not knowing how to work with it. But it's actually not that hard. Almost every program or game has a step-by-step explanation of how to use it.

The main condition for quickly mastering the nuances of computer literacy is to perform all actions independently without outside help. Learning to work with software many people can't master typing skills for a very long time. At the beginning, it is difficult to even find a letter on the keyboard. To learn this quickly, you do not need to read any literature or ask someone.

In order to learn how to type, there are online simulators that stimulate a person’s observation and are able to concentrate his attention on a specific object or symbol. This is done very quickly and a person, without noticing it, very quickly gets used to the keyboard layout, even though he knows where everything is. Thus, you can already safely print with two hands.

Now, there are many tutorials online courses, but in most cases they are all paid. In order not to spend money on learning from the Internet, you can download special applications absolutely free. Thanks to such small, simple programs, you can quickly learn how to work with the appropriate software, presentations, text documents and discover other fascinating possibilities of the computer mechanism.

Thinking about how to learn how to work on a computer, you can come to the conclusion that this is quickly done with the help of screenshots - screenshots of the same computer, which shows what and how to do. A person sees a screenshot of the actions performed on it, thanks to this he focuses on his computer and eats to do the same. If there is reason to be afraid that your own actions will not be remembered, you can take a screenshot yourself - this is done by pressing a special button on the keyboard.

Working on a computer only at first glance seems complicated and incomprehensible, but in fact everything is extremely simple and you can get used to it very quickly. The main thing in the learning process is the presence of daily practical exercises, because without them even the most understandable courses and programs will not be able to help anyone.

The younger generation masters computer technology very quickly due to their courage and willingness to experiment - this is exactly what older people lack and becomes a mechanism that slows them down.

Drawing conclusions on the topic of how to learn to work on a computer, we can say the following - fast learning depends on the assertiveness of a person and his readiness for new experiments. In life, everything almost always seems complicated and unattainable, but when you soberly assess the situation and get closer to the problem, it will turn out to be a funny trifle. So it is with a computer - do not be afraid of complex terms and a large number of unfamiliar programs, if you open them all in turn and try to work in a couple of days, you can become a computer pro.

Now you know about how to learn a computer!

HOW TO LEARN TO WORK ON A COMPUTER IN TWO HOURS

Can an ordinary person master a computer in two hours? Most likely the majority will answer this question in the negative. I am of a different opinion. If children begin to play with the computer as soon as they learn to walk, then why do many middle-aged and older people find it difficult to master 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 the post-Soviet powers, whose knowledge base was laid back in Soviet times, are simply used to thinking in other categories. A different terminology is embedded in their consciousness, they are used to thinking by other criteria (more precisely, by other patterns). And what happens when they pick up any book on computers? The first thing they encounter is obscure terms that mean even less understandable categories. Interface, modem, processor, controller, etc. - all this scares and discourages any desire to take up the development of a computer. And sometimes these terms even have an ambiguous meaning (for example, the word "processor" as such, and the same word in the phrase "word processor" already have a different meaning). Are children really mastering the computer with the help of these boring technical books and memorizing these incomprehensible terms? Yes, of course not. For them, a computer is a toy with which you need to play according to certain rules (the word algorithm is not yet clear for many of them).

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

The purpose of this article is to help middle-aged and older people, and perhaps even 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 may need it, for whose training you naturally do not have time.

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 how to do four things:

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Run the program you need (it's best to start with some simple game). In most cases, application programs installed on your computer are indicated by a small image (icon or icon) that is reflected (highlighted, you can call it whatever you like) on the computer desktop (you will find the concept of this term a little lower, but for now do not get hung up) .

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 can’t do without theory either, probably, that’s how we, people of the older generation, are arranged. But I assure you, the theory will not take more than five minutes and may help some to master the computer faster. What is a computer? This is such a thing, which usually consists of a small box (it is called a system unit) and a screen (it is called a monitor). It happens that both the system unit and the monitor are combined with each other. Then such a computer, depending on the 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 the completion of all transient processes is called the desktop (see Fig. 1). everything that is shown in Fig. 1 is the desktop. Of course, desktop images may differ for each computer.

Elements of Fig. 1, which 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 the main program that is "invested" in the computer so that it can work. task operating system there is a management of all other programs. The second type is application programs (roughly they can be called auxiliary), with the help of these programs specific tasks are performed on the computer (watching movies, photos, listening to music, playing various games, etc.). Well, perhaps that's all, the theory is over for today. Let's move on to practice.

In order to use your computer, you must first turn it on. To do this, on any computer, as well as on any household appliance or in any electronic toy, there is a special power button. This button is usually located on system unit. For your particular computer, you can 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 your computer back on.

After you turn on your computer, a cursor will appear on its screen (usually it is a small slanted arrow, but there may be something else - a cross or a vertical line of risk). Owners of tablets or smartphones do not have a cursor; your finger or stylus (a special plastic stick) performs its task. The cursor is controlled using the so-called mouse, the movement of which on 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-clicking (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 transients when starting the program is called the program window. In our case, I launched the Solitaire game using its corresponding icon (see 2 Fig. 1), selecting it from a variety of other icons (see 1 Fig. 1) and got the Solitaire program window Fig. 2. How to work with a particular program is another matter, and perhaps in my other tutorials for beginners, I will try to describe this process for the most popular programs. In order to launch the program, owners of tablets (smartphones, etc.) need to touch the stylus (or finger) to the icon of the required program.

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

To turn off the computer, just move the cursor over the Start button on the desktop and click the left mouse button once while holding the cursor on this button. The "Start" button is a small drawing in the lower left corner, (see 3 Fig. 1), it can be in the shape of a circle, like mine, or a rectangle. It depends on the operating system that is on your computer. After you press the start button (left-click with the cursor on the "Start" button), depending on your computer, you will see a small window Fig. 3, in which you must select the item "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. I draw your attention to the fact that on your computer the image in Fig. 3 may differ from mine, but you still need to look for the inscription "Shut down" or "Turn off the computer." I also want to draw 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 Shutdown button (although it has other purposes).

If you did it all yourself, congratulations, you can already be classified as a novice user.

I intentionally missed one point in this manual. This is the shutdown of 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) from the beginning. But the order in which parameters are stored is individual for each program, and the order in which this operation is performed must be considered when studying a particular program. And in order to turn off (end) the program, it is usually enough (this applies to most, but still not all programs) to point to the white cross in the red rectangle, which is located in the upper right corner of the 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 the programs they are running, although, I repeat, this is not necessary.

Itsenko Alexander Ivanovich

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

I am glad that you have decided to take the initial video course - Computer Basics. This course is a textbook, which many who have passed it already call - The Computer for Dummies.

If you immediately want to start learning it, then first watch the video lesson about how to pass this tutorial, you can watch the video lesson (click on the word "here" once with the left mouse button), and then return here (it will tell you how), rewind down to the content of the video course, and start studying. Well, those who want to read the preface to the textbook - you are welcome.

A computer for dummies, or what is a computer and what is it eaten with?

For many people who are just starting to use a computer, this "use" is a real problem. After all, this ill-fated PC ( Personal Computer, means the same as just the word “computer”, so don’t be scared), has a huge number of functions, and as I wrote on, after a person finds the answer to one question, fifteen more immediately appear in his place .

Once, while teaching my mother and aunt, I realized that if a person is taught certain, basic, computer knowledge, then after such training, all other knowledge will be easily superimposed. But how can this base be determined, where to find such words in order to present information to novice users in such a way that computer for dummies became clear.

I decided to take on this business and wanted to create computer courses for beginners in such a way that their learning went from the simplest to the most complex. You say that everyone does it. And here it is not. Before doing my course, I read three thick textbooks on teaching a computer for dummies, looked through a bunch of sites with video lessons and articles, and noticed this thing - they begin to tell beginners literally from the first lesson what a registry is, and. But these "teachers" forget one thing, that sometimes a person does not know how to turn on a computer, and they are already starting to rub him in about what a registry is, a terribly scary word for a "teapot" (By the way, if it becomes interesting later, you can then read it, but only after going through the textbook).

My computer courses for beginners.

Let me tell you how my first course differs from others (I also have a second course - but I strongly recommend that you take it after passing the first one). And it differs in that in the very first lesson (the first video is an Introduction, but it is not considered a lesson), we will learn how to work with the mouse, yes. Believe me, knowing this will save you a lot of problems, one of these is when to click once with the mouse button, and when two (sometimes even the “oldies” get confused). mouse you will work the hardest, however, other "teachers" sometimes do not even mention the mouse, and it is with it that you will "fidget" all the time while sitting at the computer.

After that, a deeper study of what is located on the desktop will go, because it is he who opens in front of you after turning on the computer. It will be discussed in great detail about, which for many beginners is a rattling forest. After watching this tutorial, you will understand that the Start menu, one of the most convenient tools, for quick work with programs.

In the next step, we will go through the tab (sometimes it is also called "My Computer") and everything that is in it. More precisely, not everything, but what you need, since there is some files and folders, into which even good masters "climb" for a very urgent need. By the way, a couple of incomprehensible words slipped through - you will also be told about them in detail.

After which we again back to the mouse, only now to, because it requires special attention and it is imperative to know how to work with it.

After we have mastered everything that I talked about above, we will move on to more complex things, such as: and. Do you think it's difficult and scary? But no, after passing the first five lessons, you will lose this same fear, which used to slow down your learning. Here another feeling will wake up - interest. This is exactly what we need. After all, what is interesting to learn will always encourage you to learn something new, and in the end, you will not have time to blink an eye when you understand the PC at a good level.

Well, in conclusion, I will show you how to record anything,. I think it's important to know this because learning how to write information to disk, with recording to a USB flash drive, you will not have any problems at all. A flash drive is a very necessary thing, and you need to be able to handle it.

Well here's a brief overview of the tutorial and finished, its meaning is very simple:

1. In the beginning, we study what is the basis of the basics (mouse, desktop)
2. After that, the environment in which we will work (My computer, Start)
3. Working with the program (Installation, and in fact, the work itself (for example, Word, Excel))

As you understand, we go from simple to complex.

Well, it remains for me to wish you a successful passage of this tutorial! To understand how to watch video tutorials correctly, be sure to study this short article - (click once, with the left mouse button). And then you can start going through the tutorial. Good luck!

Have you bought a laptop? And this is your first mobile computer? Then this book is for you. After reading it, you will not only learn how to work on a computer in general, but also master all the necessary subtleties related to working with laptops.

You will learn how to choose a laptop and useful accessories for it, learn how to install on this mobile computer and then configure the operating system.

Also, you will learn how to use the package Microsoft Office, find out what programs you should have on your hard drive, how to protect the laptop itself and the data on it, whether it is possible to upgrade (upgrade) the computer and what to do if the laptop breaks down.

In general, an excellent guide from the category " laptop for dummies "

Introduction

This book might be of interest to you for two reasons: you have just purchased a laptop or are planning a purchase in the near future, because laptop computers have become increasingly popular in recent years.

Yesterday it was mainly an attribute of a business person, and today laptops are increasingly replacing work and home computers.

And this is not surprising: on the one hand, portable computers are already catching up with their “full-sized” counterparts in terms of their capabilities, on the other hand, the modern lifestyle simply requires mobility.

Even in their apartment, users prefer not to be "attached" to a table with a computer, but want to be able to take it with them to the kitchen, loggia and other places convenient for work.

The screen of a modern laptop is in no way inferior, and sometimes even surpasses the average desktop monitor in image quality. Actually, laptops laid the foundation for all modern LCD monitors.

True, the price for portability and mobility is a less comfortable keyboard and the absence of a traditional mouse.

The miniaturization of the "stuffing" with its excellent quality results in a rather high cost: a laptop sometimes turns out to be almost one and a half times more expensive than a desktop computer of equal performance, even taking into account the price of the monitor. However, the portability is worth it!

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The first two chapters of the book talk about the design of laptops and how to choose and buy exactly "your" computer.

If you are just about to purchase a laptop, read the rest of the book - the purpose of some components, especially network adapters and communication devices, is covered in more detail a little further.

Readers who have already acquired a "mobile friend" will need information about its internal structure, battery operation and what accessories you can add to your computer.

The third chapter is entirely devoted to BIOS setup. If you buy a laptop with an operating system already installed, it is quite possible that you will not need to access these settings.

However, even in this case, it is useful to learn something about the "iron" passwords that are stored just in the BIOS of the computer.

The fourth chapter is dedicated to installing and configuring Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft.

The chapter will help you install the operating system yourself. In addition, familiarity with some of the settings of this operating system will be useful to each user.

This book is best read next to a working laptop. The small size of the publication does not allow for detailed step-by-step instructions. Instead, it outlines the possibilities and shows ways to implement them.

Windows Help and various program help systems with search tools are a great addition to what you'll read in this book. The main thing is to know what you want to find.

That's why Chapter 5, Windows 7 Fundamentals, begins with basic tasks and an introduction to the Help and Support Center.

The tips given here will help keep your operating system healthy and warn against some common mistakes. Particular attention is paid to the techniques and subtleties that distinguish working on a laptop from “communication” with an almost similar desktop system.

The sixth and seventh chapters talk about the applications that most users encounter in everyday life. The main thing is to understand general principle work with application programs, then - a matter of experience.

A modern computer is inconceivable without means of communication. This topic was not left without attention - the eighth chapter is devoted to it.

A local area network allows your laptop to "communicate" with other computers at work or at home, it also opens one of the possible ways to the World Wide Web.

The Internet can be accessed in a variety of ways. You will learn about this in the ninth chapter. The basic methods of working on the Internet and the programs used for this are the topic of the tenth chapter.

The penultimate eleventh chapter of the book is devoted to security issues. Unfortunately, where there are opportunities, there are always dangers.

Some precautions when working in local network and the Internet, operating system settings and an antivirus program will allow you to minimize the risk.

The twelfth chapter, which concludes the book, contains recommendations for caring for a laptop and upgrading it yourself.

Compliance with simple rules and knowledge of some technical subtleties can significantly extend the "life" of your laptop.

I hope that the process of mastering work on a laptop will be not only easy for you, but also interesting. Of course, the further you penetrate the secrets of computer technology, the more questions will appear.

But after all, by that time you will already feel how easy it is to find answers to them - in the help of programs, specialized literature and on Internet search portals.

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Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Everyone who began to study a new business or skills for himself, faced with the fact that he had no idea in which direction to develop, where to move further and what the baggage of acquired skills should be. Learning a computer and working on it is also not such an exception for a beginner. Therefore, in this article, site site experts will give tips to help you master computer work more easily and even from scratch.

Computers are now used everywhere, so they solve a variety of tasks, 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 can solve such tasks on it.

Where to start to master the computer?

- This is a universal machine on which any person 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 to quickly master the work on the computer.

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

This means that it is easiest to learn how to work on a computer by studying 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 what is the difference between a folder and a file or document, how files are stored and how to store them correctly on a hard drive.


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


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


• use various multimedia programs designed to view and listen to multimedia files. Multimedia files come in a wide variety of 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 involves the simultaneous use of all these skills. For example, you need to find the desired document on the Internet, save it on your computer and send it by e-mail to a friend.

Since work on a computer is individual, each user decides for himself which programs should be installed on the computer. This means that it is desirable to be able to install or install them, in a different way, on your own. Accordingly, and delete, if necessary.

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

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

The operating system is also the link between the user programs and the 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, the resolution and bit depth of the screen color palette. Or working with hard drives: defragmenting drives for faster work, checking drives and fixing errors, cleaning drives from junk files to increase free space and performance.

In the future, after gaining sufficient experience, you can independently learn