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By Shoban Sen
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By Shoban Sen
Welcome, all seniors or anybody who could use a little help using the Internet. These tutorials are totally FREE. Please bookmark this page now before you lose it!
This site is a companion to my COMPUTER HELP FOR PEOPLE OVER 50. I have received so many requests from the seniors to write tutorials on how to use the Internet, that I felt obligated to come up with this site. (If you are an absolute beginner and do not really know the difference between a computer and a monitor, you might find my ABC'S OF COMPUTING very helpful. ABC'S OF COMPUTING also includes a tutorial on Word Processing Basics for beginners in word processing.)
The WorldWide Web (www) and the Internet are so vast that it is not possible to cover every aspect of these in a small web site. I neither have the time nor have the capability of discussing things in details here. But I suppose too much details are neither necessary nor will be appreciated by my fellow seniors. So I shall keep the discussions about the use of the Internet short and simple. The purpose of this web site is to teach my fellow seniors the basic use of the Internet so that they can look up a reference from the Internet, or read the news headlines, read the day's weather forecast of a place on the other side of the globe, learn how to do something, book a plane ticket, make hotel reservation, pay bills online, or whatever. Many just want to be able to surf the web for recreational purposes. I shall try to teach only these in this web site. In-depth discussions and any technicality are beyond the scope of this web site.
One important note here. Since most people these days use Microsoft Internet Explorer as their browser, discussions on this site will be centered mainly on the use of Internet Explorer. How to use Netscape to do certain things will not be discussed in most cases, as I myself do not use Netscape. A large number of people use AOL browser and I do too. I use AOL 7.0. So in many cases, I shall give instructions on how to do certain things using America OnLine browser.
The use of the Internet should actually include the use of electronic mail or e-mail. But to keep the size of this web site small and manageable, I have excluded all discussions about e-mail from this site. I hope to publish a separate web site on e-mail basics in the future (a sequel to this web site).
As regards myself, I am neither an expert in the subject nor a teacher. I am a man, 63 years old (at the time of writing this, in December 2004), who taught himself how to use a computer and the Internet. People think I can explain things better to learners than an average person. That is my only qualification. I guess I have it in my blood, as everybody else in my family is a teacher.
Okay, let's begin. I shall touch on the following topics in the order they are listed. You can read everything from beginning to end, or you can jump on the topic of your interest by clicking on it.
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| Note: The last four topics, namely How to bookmark, How to sign a guestbook, Downloading, and Protecting your computer from virus have been covered in my other site, "COMPUTER HELP FOR PEOPLE OVER 50". Since these topics relate to Internet use, I have listed them above. If you click on any of these topics, you will be taken to my other site. AFTER STUDYING THE TOPIC, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS THE "BACK" BUTTON OF YOUR BROWSER TO COME BACK TO THIS PAGE. Please also note that links to these four topics will NOT be available from any of the inside pages of this site. Thanks for understanding. |
Helpful Hint: The Guestbook opens in a new window. After viewing or signing the Guestbook, you will have to CLOSE the Guestbook window to return to this page.
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I have been helping all seniors and teaching them how to use the Internet, for FREE, since January 1, 2005. I consider this service as my way of paying back to the community, and I really enjoy doing it. But now I am retired. There are costs associated with maintaining a Web site. I am finding it a bit of a pressure to maintain this site with my very limited income and increased medical bills. So very reluctantly I am asking for your support. If you or anybody you know have been benefitted by this site, and you do not want this site to disappear, please donate any amount you can via PayPal using the Donate button below. $5, $10, $20 ... any amount will help. Just click on the Donate button and enter an amount. It is all self-explanatory. Thank you.
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Please respect my ownership of the copyright to these tutorials. You are welcome to use them to learn the basics of the Internet. However, there are a few restrictions on their use.
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