Easy Editing Tips and More Easy Computer Basics That Make Life Easier
Computer users have a wide range of experience and levels of understanding of their computers. The great majority of users have just learned the most basic features of a few of the thousands of programs out there. It really can be a help for you to learn computer basics that you may haver been taught.
But that’s nothing to be ashamed of — even the most advanced computer user was at that level at some point, myself included. Even if you’re just using your computer for word processing, learning a few simple skills can make your life a lot easier.
1) First and foremost: save often! If you type a long letter, or make a lot of changes to whatever you’re working on, and the power goes out or something else happens, you could lose everything you haven’t saved!
Just imagine how upset you would be if you’d worked on something for half an hour, an hour, or longer, and *poof* it vanished. Just going to the File menu and clicking save can help you avoid losing all that work.
2) If you’re working on a large project — such as a story or essay, where you write multiple drafts — periodically use the “save as” option from the File menu to save your file with a new name.
That way if the third draft had something good you deleted in the fourth draft, you can bring it back for the fifth.
For example, if you’re working on a file called My Letter.doc and you’ve made a lot of changes since your last save, go to “save as…” from the File menu, and change the name to My Letter2.doc. This way, you have both versions.
Read on to learn more easy computer basics that can really make your life easier.
Last modified February 18, 2008Author 2139 > has blogged 20 times
