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Course CM11

A Beginner’s Guide to Computing

Cisley Moss
 

10 meetings starting Tuesday 19th January 2010

United Free Church, Brisbane Road 10 am – 12 noon Cost £35

This course is for those who want to begin to use computers on a regular basis. It is designed to help not only with basic operations and routine organisational problems, but also with becoming familiar with tools that can make writing letters, emails, and ‘surfing’ the Internet easier. In general, the aim is to explore the many advantages and opportunities for communication, research and enjoyment that owning a computer can bring.
It offers informal help with:
  • Text manipulation. Typing and changing the size, colour and style of fonts, using WordArt, etc.
  • Sending and receiving email and attaching documents.
  • Troubleshooting – how to rectify mistakes.
  • Using the Spellchecker, Dictionary and Thesaurus.
  • Accessibility options – changing the monitor’s screen to make text more readable, for example.
  • Exploring the Internet, downloading programmes, etc.
  • Keeping the computer tidy, saving, retrieving and organising files and folders
  • Making envelopes and labels
  • Addressing individual difficulties and answering questions.
 
Provisional reservations and/or further information may be obtained by telephoning or sending an e-mail to -
Cisley Moss 30th November 2009
Telephone: 01475 673835
Email: cemos@talktalk.net
  

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Course DP10

 Digital Photography

John Turcan

 

10 meetings starting Tuesday 19th January 2010 Cost £35

United Free Church (Brisbane Road) 2 – 4 pm
  
This will be more of a workshop than a course.   At times participants will be in small groups doing different things such as printing, scanning old 3mmm slides, editing etc... The allocation of time between topics will depend on the interests of those attending.  Some time is likely to be spent on the basics of taking pictures with a digital camera, viewing them and then copying them to a computer for editing, printing and storage.  This should be a useful review period for the more experienced users who are likely to be asked by beginners for assistance in understanding and using the multitude of settings on a modern camera. 
  
Participants need to have access to a modern computer for use between meetings, as practise in the use of techniques is essential: most find this activity interesting but it is often time consuming. Some familiarity with the use of a computer is necessary but no special expertise is required – an interest in photography is more important than a long experience with computers. Demonstrations and exercises will cover the basic computer operations involved in transferring pictures from camera to computer and the subsequent processing of the pictures prior to presentation.
 
Beginners are advised to refrain from buying photo editing software before the course. Picasa 3 from Google is proving to be both a powerful editor and remarkably easy to use (and free!). This combination is likely to satisfy the photo editing and management needs of most OIR users, especially when users also have a Googlemail address when sending text and pictures by email.
  
The OIR laptops are dual-booted so that users can select XP instead of Vista.  Participants also have the use of a dedicated photo quality printer (Epson PM240) for 100 * 150mm prints, an easy to use dedicated slide scanner, memory card readers, tripod, video camera etc...  Other equipment includes a multimedia projector.
  
Provisional reservations and/or further information may be obtained by telephoning or sending an email to -
John Turcan 687364 30th November 2009

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