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The world of online access for children nowadays is a complex topic. I recommend the resources of an external site hosted by Internet Matters. Here is a preview of the site at https://www.internetmatters.org/:- Would you like my assistance to access and navigate the site? Please do get in touch using the green button below.
Before Monday 8th April 2024 – You need to watch any programs you have downloaded using this application onto any PC or Mac. The application is being shut down by BBC. Even now, BBC have discontinued this application’s ability to download from their website any new programmes from their site onto your PC or Mac…
Find a blank area of your task manager and use your right mouse button to click and this should appear:- This Task Manager should now appear – it may appear diferently on some systems but you can find the End Task option. Click on the program which is frozen and then the icon for End…
Have you heard of PowerPoint’s Slide Sorter View? This option (3rd from the left) under the View Menu allows you to:- A. insert slides B. delete slides C. hide slides from the presentation D. …. or even create new sections for some of them! This is what it looks like:-
Have you checked what features are available to help you manage them? The screenshot below shows some of them:- I use the Rename option most commonly – here’s how it works:- The tab colour option is also very handy – here’s how it works:- …. and the result is this appearance when the tab isn’t…
It allows you to add a live feed from your webcam to the slides of your presentation – visible constantly as you play the slides Below is a still image of me in my office, within a PowerPoint presentation. If we were playing this slideshow as part of a online meeting (whatever platform you use…
Did you know how easy it is to create a shortcut to your favourite program (eg Word)? 1. Simply find its icon within the Start Menu 2. ….. click with the right mouse button ! 3. From the menu which pops up, you will see options for adding an icon to the Taskbar (bottom of…
If you have Microsoft Office 365, you probably use Word, Excel and PowerPoint as its popular programs. Have you considered one of its other packages Publisher can turn this image:- …. into this image, ready for printing on an A4 sheet Publisher is part of many MS Office 365 Packages (Home and Business) – and…
Desktop computing tips Mobile computing tips – Laptops, tablets (incl iPads) and smartphones General Tech Tips Non-device tips such as those relating to an online service like banking or shopping or to child safety or to a website such as 111.nhs
Do you sometimes find it hard to see your mouse on screen when it looks like this? Wouldn’t it be easier if it looked like this design? On almost all Windows PCs, such a change can be easily accomplished by following the few steps below:- A. Type ‘mouse pointer’ into the Search bar within the…